• 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.

Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County is a county under the jurisdiction of Haidong City, Qinghai Province, located on the eastern edge of Qinghai Province, connected with Yongdeng County of Gansu Province and Honggu District of Lanzhou City in the northeast, Yongjing County of Gansu Province in the east, opposite Jishishan County of Gansu Province to the south, and Xunhua County, Hualong County and Ledu District of the province in the west, northwest and north. The county is about 96 kilometers from north to south and 32 kilometers from east to west, with a total area of 1890.82 square kilometers. Minhe Hui Tu Autonomous County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 14 townships. Minhe Hui Tu Autonomous County is mainly Han nationality, and ethnic minorities are mainly Hui, Tu, Tibetan, etc., with a total population of 421300 (2011). It is an important grain, vegetable, melon and fruit producing area in Qinghai Province. It enjoys the beauty of quot; & the hometown of melons and fruits in the whole province.
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