• 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.

Jinzhai County, which belongs to Lu'an City, Anhui Province, is located in the border area of western Anhui and the hinterland of the Dabie Mountains. It is located in the junction of three provinces, seven counties and two districts. The west and south are adjacent to Henan and Hubei provinces, with a total area of 3814 square kilometers. Jinzhai County is the largest mountain county with the largest population and tourism resources in Anhui Province, and it is also the second largest general county in China. Jinzhai County is known as "the cradle of the Red Army and the hometown of generals" and is an old revolutionary base. Provincial highways 209 and 210 run from north to south and are close to National Highway 312. Meishan Reservoir and Xianghongdian Reservoir are navigable all the year round. In 2018, Jinzhai County has jurisdiction over 12 towns and 11 townships, and has another development zone with a registered population of 683500, with a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 11.39372 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry is 18.89.
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