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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.

Yao'an County is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. The county is located in the northwest of Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, bordering Mouding County in the east, Nanhua County in the south, Dayao County in the north and Xiangyun County in Dali Prefecture across the river in the west, with a total area of 1803 square kilometers. Yao'an County is 230 kilometers away from Kunming, 75 kilometers away from Chuxiong and 190 kilometers away from Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province. In 2011, the total population of Yao'an County was 197700, ranking eighth in Chuxiong Prefecture in 2010. As of 2014, Yao'an County covers an area of 1803 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 6 towns and 3 townships, with the county government stationed in Dongchuan Town. The main scenic spots in Yao'an County are Defeng Temple, Longhua Temple, Yangpai Reservoir and other scenic spots. On September 29, 2018, Yao'an County was studied by the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Yunnan Provincial Government
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