• 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.

Zhenkang County, which belongs to Lincang City, is located in the southwest border of Yunnan Province, the west of Lincang City, between the lower reaches of the Nan Ting River and the lower reaches of the Nujiang River, Gengma County in the south, Yongde County in the east, and Guokang County in Myanmar in the west. the north is across the river from Longling County in Baoshan area. The county covers an area of 2642 square kilometers. As of 2010, Zhenkang County has jurisdiction over 3 towns and 4 townships, and the county government is stationed in Nanyuan Town. The total population is 182800 (2015). In 2015, the total output value was 3.5 billion yuan. Zhenkang County belongs to the low-latitude mountain and south subtropical monsoon climate, with an annual average temperature of 18.7 ℃ and rainfall of 1625.4mm. The scenic spots in the territory are "one hole spans two countries", South umbrella transnational karst cave, Nanpenghe Nature Reserve and so on. Local specialty snacks include pickled vegetables, bamboo banquets, chicken rotten rice,
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