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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.

Mouding County is located in the central and northern part of Yunnan Province, the central part of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, with a maximum vertical distance of 57.6 kilometers from north to south and a maximum horizontal distance of 53.6 kilometers from east to west. The lowest elevation in the territory is 1140 meters, and the highest elevation is 2897 meters. The average elevation of Gonghe Town, where the county seat is, is 1758 meters. The total area of Mouding County is 1464 square kilometers. In 2011, the total population was 208700, and in 2013, GDP was 3.56 billion. Mouding County is one of the closest counties to Chuxiong City, the capital of Chuxiong Prefecture. It is only 35 kilometers away, and Yuanyuan Shuang II Expressway crosses the border. It is located in the radiation zone of the industrial new area in central Yunnan, and the newly planned Chuxiong Airport is located in Mouding. On September 25, 2018, he won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. 2018
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