• 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.

Mozhugongka County, which belongs to Lhasa City, Tibet Autonomous region, is located in the middle of the Tibet Autonomous region, the middle and upper reaches of the Lhasa River and on the west side of Mira Mountain. It is bordered by Gongbujiangda County of Nyingchi Prefecture in the east, Sangri County, Nadong County and Zahang County in the south, Pidazi County in the west, Linzhou County in the west, and Jiali County in the north. In September 1959, Mozhugong Kazong and Zhi Kong Zong merged and formally established Mozhu Gongka County, where the county government was stationed in Gongka Town. Mozhugongka County has jurisdiction over 1 town, 7 townships and 149 village committees. The county is located in the valley of the middle reaches of the Yarlung Zangbo River in southern Tibet, which is part of the Lhasa Valley plain. The territory has the same mountains and rivers, surrounded by valleys, widely distributed grasslands, high in the east and low in the west, with an average elevation of more than 4000 meters above sea level. Mozhu Gongka County has
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