• Mesa
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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.

Zhaojue County, which belongs to Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, is located in the southwest of Sichuan Province, between 27 °45 degrees north latitude and 28 °21 degrees east longitude and 102 °22 degrees east longitude. It is located in the heart of Daliang Mountain, 100 kilometers west of Xichang, the state capital. It is bordered by Meigu and Leibo County to the east, Jinyang, Butuo and Puge County to the south, Xichang City and Xide County to the west and Yuexi County to the north. The county is 95.28km long from east to west and 66.15km wide from north to south, covering an area of 2699 square kilometers. In 2010, Zhaojue County had jurisdiction over 1 town and 46 townships. By the end of 2012, Zhaojue County had a total population of 268400. There are mainly Yi, Tibetan and other ethnic groups, of which the Yi accounts for 97.6% of the total population. Zhaojue is a county with a large Yi population in China, Qiji Shiza, Suoji, Adu and Yinuo.
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