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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.

Huaiyuan County belongs to Bengbu City, Anhui Province. It is located in the north of Anhui Province, the middle reaches of the Huaihe River, the southern end of the Huaibei Plain, Guzhen, Bengbu and Fengyang to the east, Huainan to the south, Fengtai and Mengcheng to the west, and Hanxi and Suzhou to the north. It is between 116o 45km east longitude 11709' and 32o 43km north latitude 33 °19', with a total area of 2391.02 square kilometers. Huaiyuan County was founded from the Yuan Dynasty to the 28th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1291), known as the "Pearl on the Huaihe River" reputation, popular folk flower drum lanterns, places of interest are Bailuquan, Bian Hedong, Wanghe Tower and so on. In August 2018, the Anhui provincial government approved Huaiyuan County to withdraw from the poverty-stricken county. In 2018, Huaiyuan County has jurisdiction over 15 towns and 3 townships, with 1 farm and 2 development zones, achieving a GDP of 319. 5%.
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