• Mesa
  • Mabian Yi Autonomous 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.

Mabian Yi Autonomous County is located in Xiaoliang Mountain area on the southwest edge of Sichuan Basin, located in the joint of Leshan City, Yibin City and Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, covering an area of 2304 square kilometers. The county has a beautiful ecological environment and rich natural resources, which is known as "Jinshan Yinshui". Mabian belongs to the mid-subtropical monsoon climate zone, due to the characteristics of topography, three-dimensional climate is obvious, there are many rare animals and plants and valuable native products resources. The main tourist attractions are Mabian Dafengding National Nature Reserve, agate Miao Village, Yanfeng Yijia New Village and so on.
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