• Mesa
  • Meigu 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.

Meigu County is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province and the northeast of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, at the west foot of Huangmaogeng of Daliang Mountain. The geographical coordinates are between 102 °53 east longitude and 103 °21 east longitude, 28 °02 north latitude and 28 °54 'north latitude. The county is bordered by Leibo County in the east, Yuexi County in the west, Zhaojue County in the south, Ebian Yi Autonomous County in the north, Ganluo County in the northwest and Mabian Yi Autonomous County in the northeast. The Yi population accounts for 97.8% of the total population. There are Dafengding National Nature Reserve, Nalong Scenic spot, Longtou Mountain and other scenic spots. Meigu County is named because there are many "beautiful girls" here. But the girls in Meigu County are famous for their beauty. Meigu County has jurisdiction over 1 town and 35 townships. In 2006, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Meigu County reached 638.2 million yuan, compared with 20 percent.
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