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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.

Ziping District belongs to Liaocheng City, Shandong Province. It is located in the western part of Shandong Province and is the municipal district of Liaocheng City because the county is located in Pinglu of Weishan. Qiping is adjacent to Qihe County, Dezhou City to the east, Dongchangfu District and Linqing City to the west, Donga County to the south, Gaotang County to the north, and 5226 Central Street, Zhenxing Street, to the people's Government of Zhenxing District. At the end of 2015, Diping District has a total area of 1003.36 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 3 subdistrict offices, 10 towns, 1 township, 732 village committees and 980 natural villages. At the end of 2017, the resident population of Diping District was 543400, of which the urban population was 284800. There were 10764 births and 3326 deaths, with a natural growth rate of 13.11 per thousand. There are ethnic minorities 30
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