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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.

Mangshi, known as "Chuan Huan" in Dai language, is the capital of Dehong Dai Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, people's Republic of China. It is located between 98 °05 Longitude 98 °44km east longitude and 24 °05km north latitude, about 71 km from east to west and 62 km from north to south, with a total area of 2987 square kilometers. Longling County is bordered by Longling County in the east and northeast, Ruili City in the southwest, Lianghe County and Longchuan County in the west and northwest across the Longchuan River, and the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in the south. It is the transportation hub leading to Ruili, Longchuan, Yingjiang and Lianghe, and it is also an important gateway for China to South and Southeast Asia. In ancient times, Mangshi was the territory of the Dai nationality, which is inhabited by the Dai, Han, Jingpo, Deang, Achang, Lisu and other ethnic groups, with a total population of 3949.
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