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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.

Zhouqu County, which belongs to Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province, is located in the south of Gansu Province and in the southeast of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Zhouqu means "Longjiang" in Tibetan and gets its name from the Bailong River passing through the county. Zhouqu system began in the pre-Qin period. In the 28th year of Qin Zhaowang (279 BC), Qiangdao County was located in the northwest of Zhouqu, Xigu County was set up after liberation, Zhouqu County was renamed Longdi County in 1959, and Zhouqu County was restored in 1962. By 2016, Zhouqu County had jurisdiction over 4 towns, 15 townships, 208 administrative villages and 403 natural villages, with a total population of 142000, of which 50400 were Tibetans, accounting for 35.8%. Zhouqu County is located in the Min, Dieshan system of the West Qinling Mountains and the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, which is a typical alpine canyon landform. "one river and two rivers (Bailong River and Gongba River)
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