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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.

Dongping County, which belongs to Tai'an City, Shandong Province, is located in the southwest of Shandong Province, facing the Yellow River in the west and Mount Tai in the east, with a total area of 1330.44 square kilometers. In 2018, Dongping County has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 9 towns and 2 townships. By the end of 2017, Dongping County had a resident population of 763300, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of 39.653 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 4.458 billion yuan, the secondary industry was 18.219 billion yuan, the tertiary industry was 16.976 billion yuan, and the proportion of the third industry was 11.2%. Dongping County is a "national advanced county for scientific and technological progress". Dongping Lake Scenic spot is rated as a national "4A" scenic spot. In June 2010, "Duan Gu Qiang" in Dongping County was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage.
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