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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.

Heyang County, known as Xinguo, is located in the northeast of Guanzhong Basin in Shaanxi Province and on the west bank of the Yellow River, belonging to Weinan City, with a total area of 1437 square kilometers and a cultivated land area of 932000 mu, with a total population of 459000 (2016) in 11 towns, 1 subdistrict office and 215 administrative villages (communities). Heyang County is a national ecological demonstration county and a national pollution-free fruit production base county with an average altitude of 721m, an annual average temperature of 11.5m and a rainfall of 553mm. It is a national ecological demonstration county and a national pollution-free fruit production base county. Wheat, apple, red grape, dairy livestock, aquatic products, sweet potatoes, pigs and other characteristic agricultural products are famous in the northwest. Heyang County is located in the forefront of the western development, 108 National Highway runs through the whole territory, Xiyu Expressway passes through 8 townships of the county and runs directly to the county seat, and Xihou Railway runs from south to north.
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