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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.

Babu District, the seat of Hezhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, is the renamed Hexian County and Hezhou City at the original county level. Located in the northeast of Guangxi, it is located at the junction of Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces (regions). National Highway 207 and 323 and Guiwu, Guanghe, Yonghe Expressway, Guiyang-Guangzhou Express Railway and Luozhan Railway under construction all meet in eight steps. Babu District has a total area of 3686 square kilometers and a total population of 650000 (2009). It has jurisdiction over 12 townships, 1 Yao township and 3 subdistrict offices.
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