• Mesa
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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.

Huaxi District, which belongs to Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, is located in the hinterland of central Guizhou, the south of Guiyang City, Longli County, Qiannan Prefecture in the east, Gui'an New area in the west, Huishui County and Changshun County in Qiannan Prefecture in the south, and Nanming District and Guanshan Lake District in the north. As of September 2013, Huaxi District has jurisdiction over 2 towns, 7 townships, 18 community service centers, 122 administrative villages and 52 neighborhood committees. The land area is 964.32 square kilometers. In 2013, the GDP of Huaxi District was 27.516 billion yuan, an increase of 17.1% over 2012. The added value of the primary industry is 1.132 billion yuan, the secondary industry is 14.28 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry is 12.104 billion yuan. In October 2018, it was selected as the "Top 100 regions with National Investment potential in 2018". September 2019
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