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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.

Xiaojin County is a county under the jurisdiction of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. The Tibetan name Zangla, the meaning of the evil god. Gets its name from Xiaojinchuan in the territory. Xiaojin County is located on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, in the northwest of Sichuan Province, in the south of Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. It is bordered by Wenchuan County in the east, Danba County in Ganzi Prefecture in the west, Baoxing County in Ya'an City in the south and Malkang County in the north. In 2017, Xiaojin County achieved a GDP of 1.5457 billion yuan, an increase of 4.6 percent. Among them, the added value of the primary industry is 310.9 million yuan, the added value of the secondary industry is 647.42 million yuan, the added value of the tertiary industry is 587.38 million yuan, and the tertiary industrial structure is 20.1, 41.9, 38. The famous and special products of Xiaojin County are mainly Tricholoma matsutake, Fritillaria thunbergii, Tibetan fragrant pork products, etc.
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