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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.

Chabuchal Xibo Autonomous County: located in the western part of the former Yili area plate of Yili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, China, it is located to the south of the Yili River, the northern foot of Wusun Mountain, a branch of Tianshan Mountain, across the river from Yining, the capital of Yili Prefecture, and the city of Kokadala and Kazakhstan to the west. Founded in 1954, Chabuqar County is the only multi-ethnic autonomous county in China with Xibe as the main body. Zhong Ling Yuxiu, Chabuchal Xibo Autonomous County, has beautiful scenery. There are a mountain (Wusun Mountain Baishifeng Scenic spot), Yishui (Yili River Qingshui Bay Scenic spot), one side (Port Border Tourism), a Garden (Xibe Folk Custom Garden) (National AAAA-level Scenic spot), as well as Jingyuan Temple, Tu ancestral Hall, Wusun Ancient Tomb, Hainuke Ancient City, Yinding Temple site and other places of interest. As of 2014, the county had jurisdiction over 15 townships and 1
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