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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.

Chongyang County, located in the south of Hubei Province, at the junction of Hunan, Hubei and Jiangxi provinces, is an important part of Wuhan city circle. The ground span is between 29 °12 °N and 29 °41'N and 113 °43 °E and 114 °21'E. Tongshan in the east, Tongcheng and Xiushui in Jiangxi Province in the south, Tongcheng and Linxiang in Hunan Province in the west, Chibi and Xianan in the north. The county is 61 kilometers from east to west and 52 kilometers from north to south, with a land area of 1968 square kilometers, equivalent to 2.952 million mu. Chongyang County has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 4 townships. In 2016, the population of Chongyang County was 530000, including 397400 in rural areas and 140000 in cities and towns. In 2001, Chongyang County was named "hometown of Chinese Folk Art" by the Ministry of Culture. In 2008, Chongyang Violin Opera was named the second batch of countries.
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