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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.

Feicheng, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province, is hosted by Taian City, located in the middle of Shandong Province and at the western foot of Mount Tai, bordering Daiyue District of Taian City in the east and Dongping County of Taian City and Pingyin County of Jinan City in the west. Ningyang County of Taian City and Wenshang County of Jining City are across the river in the south, and Changqing District of Jinan City is bounded by mountains in the north; the total area is 1277 square kilometers. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Fei people scattered here, which was called Feizi Kingdom in ancient times, hence the name of Feicheng. Feicheng County, which was set up in the early Western Han Dynasty, has a history of more than 2200 years. It is the hometown of Zuo Qiuming, the "sage of history" and the place where Fan Li, the "saint of merchants", lives in seclusion. He is known as "the city of a gentleman". There are various types of landforms in Feicheng City. The terrain tilts from northeast to southwest. The highest point is 600 meters above sea level and the lowest is 57.7 meters above sea level. Feicheng is a warm continental monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons.
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