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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.

Huainan, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Anhui Province, referred to as "Huai" and the ancient name "Zhoulai", is located in the central and northern part of Anhui Province, in the hinterland of the Yangtze River Delta and on the bank of the Huaihe River. it is known as "Zhongzhou throat, Jiangnan barrier" and "colorful Huainan". It is an important node of the urban agglomeration along the Huaihe River and the core city of Hefei metropolitan area. Huainan has a total area of 5571 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 5 districts and 2 counties. By the end of 2016, the total population was 3.456 million. Huainan is the energy capital of China, the industrial granary of East China, the important industrial city of Anhui Province and one of the 13 larger cities of the State Council. It has obtained China's excellent tourist cities, 100 livable cities, national greening model cities, national garden cities, the first batch of national pilot smart cities, the best investment cities in China, the happiest cities in China, and Chinese idioms.
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