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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.

Liaoyang, known as Xiangping and Liaodong City in ancient times, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province, a modern industrial city dominated by petrochemical industry, and one of the central cities in the central and southern part of Liaoning Province. Located in the middle of Liaoning Province, it is the deputy central city of Shenyang Economic Zone, an emerging modern petrochemical and textile industry base and an excellent tourist city in China. Liaoyang, the earliest city in Northeast China, is an ancient cultural city with a history of more than 2400 years. From the 3rd century BC to the early 17th century, it has been the political, economic, cultural center, transportation hub and military town of Northeast China. ...
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