• 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.

Fengqiu County, located in the northeast of Henan Province and the southeast corner of Xinxiang City, belongs to Xinxiang, Henan Province. It is between latitude 34 °53 °north and longitude 114 °14 'east. Fengqiu County has a warm temperate continental monsoon climate. The annual average temperature is between 13.5 °C and 14.5 °C, the annual precipitation is 615.1 mm, and the frost-free period is 214days. The county is 38.2 km long from north to south and 48.7 km wide from east to west. It covers an area of 1220.5 square kilometers and an area of 926000 mu of arable land. Jurisdiction over 8 towns and 11 townships (including 1 Hui township) and 607 administrative villages. Fengqiu County is a national key county for poverty development (cancelled in 2020) and a key county for comprehensive agricultural development in Henan Province. Chemical industry, machinery, building materials and papermaking have been formed in Fengqiu County.
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