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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.

Lianping County is located in the north of Guangdong Province, under the jurisdiction of Heyuan City, adjacent to Heping County in the east, Quannan County and Longnan County in Jiangxi Province in the north, Dongyuan County and Xinfeng County in Shaoguan City in the south, and Wengyuan County in Shaoguan City in the west. It is the first county where National Highway 105 enters Guangdong and the county government is stationed in Yuanshan Town; the county is located in the upper reaches of Xinfeng River and is rich in resources. It is known as the "hometown of non-ferrous metals" in northern Guangdong. Lianping County has a total area of 2365 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 13 towns, 159 village committees and 16 neighborhood committees. by the end of 2018, the total population of the county is about 413000. Lianping is a late-developing area with rapid development. In 2004 and 2005, the comprehensive economic growth rate of the whole county ranked first among 67 mountain counties (cities) in the province. In 2018, Lianping County Eco-industrial Park
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