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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.

Lianshan District, located in the northeast of Huludao City, is a municipal district under the jurisdiction of Huludao City, Liaoning Province. It is a comprehensive administrative district with the integration of urban and rural areas established on the basis of the former Jinxi City (county level) approved by the State Council in 1989. It has jurisdiction over 16 rural townships, 9 urban subdistrict offices, 2 provincial development zones-Liaoning Province Poverty Alleviation Experimental Zone and Yangjiazhangzi Economic and technological Development Zone. The total area is 1651.4 square kilometers and the total population is 682200, of which the urban population is 300000 (2011). It is located at 120 °51 east longitude and 40 °45 north latitude, bordering Jinzhou Economic Development Zone, Linghai City and Taihe District of Jinzhou City in the east and northeast, Nanpiao District in the north, Xingcheng City in the south, Jianchang County and Chaoyang County in the west and northwest.
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