• Mesa
  • Mêdog County

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.

Motuo County (English: Medog County), Tibetan: flowers, meaning "flowers". It belongs to Linzhi City, Tibet Autonomous region, and Linzhi City has jurisdiction over the county. It is located in southeastern Tibet, located in the lower reaches of the Brahmaputra River, the eastern part of the Himalayas and the southern slope of the Gangri Gabu Mountains, Chayu County in the east, India in the south (some areas in southern Tibet), Milin County, Longzi County and Cuona County in the west, Bomi County and Bayi County in the north, with a total area of 34000 square kilometers (12000 square kilometers actually controlled by China). In 2016, Motuo County had jurisdiction over 1 town, 7 townships (including 1 ethnic township), 46 administrative villages and 60 villages. In 2016, the total population of the county was 14040. In 2016, the GDP of the whole county was about 4.74.
Travel Sights In Mêdog County
Travel Notes In Mêdog County
Beijing-Gannan-Ali-Xinjiang 45-day self-driving documentary (1)
I have always wanted to go to Tibet again, because of the unforgettable memory 16 years ago... Back then, he was tortured because of Gao Fan, and he
Wandering around the world (1492) the nineteenth of the six trips to Tibet - the second trip to Medog
In early and mid-April 2021, during a trip to Tibet, I entered Medog twice. The picture shows a commemorative photo I took in Medog. Medog is the last
Beijing-Gannan-Ali-Xinjiang 45-day self-driving documentary (4)
On June 2, 2021, four of us self-proclaimed young sixties, started a self-driving trip, Beijing-Tibet. Preparations for entering Tibet: 1. Except for
Soldier Green Grass 2018 Spring Tibet Self-Driving Tour Fragment 3——Adventure Medog
In the spring of 2018, several of our friends (who had jointly conducted a self-driving tour in Xinjiang, etc.) met to carry out a self-driving tour t