• 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.

Cangxi County, which belongs to Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the northern margin of Sichuan Basin, the low foothills of Dabashan Mountain, the hilly area of Zhongshan, and the southern end of Guangyuan City, between 31 °37 degrees north latitude and 32 °10 degrees east longitude. The area covers an area of 2346.46 square kilometers. Cangxi County is a subtropical humid monsoon climate zone, with rich heat, abundant Rain Water, long frost-free period, mild climate, four distinct seasons, long winter and short summer, longer spring than autumn, with the climatic characteristics of "cold mountains and thick spring at the bottom of the valley". As of 2018, Cangxi County has jurisdiction over 24 towns, 15 townships, and 3 township-level units under the jurisdiction of the county government in Lingjiang Town. By the end of 2018, the total registered population of Cangxi County was 758400. Cangxi County was called "Qin long Lock key" and "Shu Bei Ping Fan" in ancient times.
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