• Mesa
  • Zeku County

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.

Zeku County, which belongs to Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Qinghai Province, is located in the southeast of Qinghai Province, in the middle and south of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, adjacent to Xiahe County in Gansu Province in the east, Henan Mongolian Autonomous County in the south, Tongde County in Qinghai Province in the west, and Tongren in the northeast. The total area is 6494 square kilometers and the total population is 53900 (2000). Zeku County has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 5 townships, including Holi Temple and other scenic spots. In 2005, Zeku County completed a regional GDP of 281 million yuan, 131.30% of the plan.
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