• Mesa
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A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a more resistant layer or layers of harder rock, e.g. shales overlain by sandstones. The resistant layer acts as a caprock that forms the flat summit of a mesa. The caprock can consist of either sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone; dissected lava flows; or a deeply eroded duricrust. Unlike plateau, whose usage does not imply horizontal layers of bedrock, e.g. Tibetan Plateau, the term mesa applies exclusively to the landforms built of flat-lying strata. Instead, flat-topped plateaus are specifically known as tablelands.

Ledong Li Autonomous County, which is directly administered by Hainan Province, is located in the southwest of Hainan Island. Between latitude 18 °24'N and latitude 18 °58', longitude 108 °39'E and longitude 109 °24'E. The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with the mountain facing the sea. It is bordered by Wuzhishan City and Baisha County in the east and northeast, Sanya City in the southeast, Dongfang City and Changjiang Li Autonomous County in the north, and the South China Sea in the southwest. In 2016, the total population of Ledong Li Autonomous County was 534400. It has 11 towns and 188 villages (communities), covering an area of 2765.5 square kilometers, a sea area of 1726.8 square kilometers and a coastline of 84.3km. In 2016, the gross domestic product of Ledong Li Autonomous County reached 11.769 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1 percent over 2015.
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