• 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.

Gusu District, which belongs to Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the Yangtze River Delta, Taihu Lake Basin, and is located in the center of Suzhou, a famous historical and cultural city. In 2012, it withdrew Canglang District, Pingjiang District and Jinyi District and bought Gusu District, with a total area of 85.1square kilometers and a resident population of 950000. It has 17 streets. Gushu District is bordered by Suzhou Industrial Park to the east, Wuzhong District of Suzhou to the south, Suzhou High-tech Zone to the west and Xiangcheng District of Suzhou to the north. Gusu is an important economic, trade, industrial, commercial and logistics center of Suzhou. Gusu has a history of more than 4000 years since it was recorded. It was founded in 514 BC and is one of the important economic centers of the Yangtze River Delta. In December 2018, it was confirmed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs that the third batch of national community governance and service innovation experimental areas.
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