• Mesa
  • Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan

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.

Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, connected with Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the northwest, southwest and south, Yecheng and Shache County in the southeast and east, and Aktao County in the north. Tashkurgan, which means "Stone City" in Uyghur language, gets its name from the ancient stone castles in the north of the city. Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County has a total area of 24088.82 square kilometers and a total population of 40, 000 (2012). There are Tajik, Kirgiz, Uygur, Han, Hui and other ethnic groups. The county has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 11 townships (including 1 ethnic township). Qiogori Peak is 8611 meters above sea level, which is the second highest peak in the world. September 25, 2018, obtained the Ministry of Commerce "2018 e-commerce into rural areas comprehensive demonstration"
Travel Notes In Tajik Autonomous County of Taxkorgan