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.
Malipo County is a county under the jurisdiction of Wenshan Prefecture, "it produces chestnut trees nearby, and the market is suitable for construction on the hillside." Malipo County is located in the southeast of Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, bordered by Funing County to the east, Maguan County to the west, Guangnan County and Xichou County to the north, and he Province of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the south. In the county, there are 1 national first-class port, 14 border exchange points and 108 border crossings. By the end of 2016, Malipo County covers an area of 2334 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 4 towns, 7 townships and 2 state-owned farms; the resident population is 285900. On September 25, 2018, he won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. In March 2019, it was on the list of the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization districts and counties.