• 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.

Dongchangfu District, which belongs to Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, is located in the west of Shandong Province, Donga County, Chiping County and Liaocheng Economic and technological Development Zone in the east, Yanggu County in the south, Guan County and Shen County in the west, and Linqing in the north. By the end of 2013, the region has a total area of 844 square kilometers, including 12 towns (streets), 2 parks and 643 villages (communities). The total registered population of the district is 771100. In 2013, Dongchangfu District achieved a GDP of 24.248 billion yuan, an increase of 10.2% over 2012. Of this total, the added value of the primary industry is 3.024 billion yuan, the secondary industry is 10.171 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry is 11.053 billion yuan. Dongchangfu District has a long history and splendid culture. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Dongchang Prefecture benefited from the prosperity of water transport in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
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