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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.

Hexian County, which belongs to Maanshan City, Anhui Province, is located in the east of Anhui Province, the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, between 118 °04 °29 'and 31 °22 °32 °03' north latitude, with a total area of 1319 square kilometers. The topography of Hexian County is long from north to south and narrow from east to west, tilting from northwest to southeast. Hexian belongs to the north subtropical humid monsoon climate zone with four distinct seasons. As of 2018, he County has jurisdiction over 9 towns and 3 functional areas. The county government is stationed in Liyang Town, with a registered population of 542200. Hexian ancient name Liyang, home county has a history of more than 2200 years. 221 BC, home Liyang County, belongs to Jiujiang County. In 555, Nanliang and Beiqi negotiated peace here, and then changed their name to Hezhou. After the Revolution of 1911, it was renamed Hexian. Middle Pleistocene human fossils have been found in Hexian County.
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