• 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.

Duanzhou District, Zhaoqing Municipal District, Guangdong Province, located in the west of the middle of Guangdong Province, the north bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Xijiang River, belongs to the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and is the political, economic and cultural center of Zhaoqing City. It is bordered by Xijiang River in the south, Beiling Mountain in the north, Dinghushan in the east and Xiaoxiang Town in Gaoyao City in the west. Between longitude 112 °23'E and latitude 34 °23'E and latitude 23 °2'N to 11'. Duanzhou, with a history of more than 2000 years, is a state-level historical and cultural city and a national scenic city, among which Xinghu Scenic spot is one of the first batch of "National Top Ten Civilization Scenic spots demonstration sites" announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China.
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