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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.

Huanggang, a prefecture-level city in Hubei Province, is located in eastern Hubei Province, the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains, the north bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the middle section of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway; it gradually tilts from north to south, and the northeast is bordered by the Dabie Mountains at the junction of Henan and Anhui; it has jurisdiction over seven counties, two cities and one district; the total area is 17453 square kilometers; the total population of the city in 2018 is 7.5 million. Huanggang has a long history and culture, with a history of more than 2000 years, which has given birth to a large number of scientific and cultural giants, such as Daoxin, Hongrong and Huineng, the four ancestors of Chinese Zen Buddhism, Bi Sheng, the inventor of movable type printing in the Song Dynasty, Li Shizhen, the medical saint of the Ming Dynasty, Li Siguang, the giant of modern geological science, Wen Yiduo, the patriotic poet scholar, Huang Kan, the philosopher Xiong Shili, and the literary critic Hu Feng. In addition, there are State President Li Xiannian, acting Chairman Dong Biwu and other political figures. Yellow
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