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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.

Liaoyuan City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Jilin Province, is located in the central and southern part of Jilin Province, located in the upper reaches of the East Liao River and Huifa River. It is named because the East Liao River originated here, with a geographical outline of "five mountains, one water and four fields". The urban built-up area covers an area of 46 square kilometers. It accounts for 2.8% of the total area of the province. It has jurisdiction over Dongfeng and Dongliao counties, Longshan and Xi'an, with a total population of 1.1724 million. Liaoyuan has a long history and rich cultural heritage. There have been human activities since the Bronze Age, which is one of the important birthplaces of the Manchu. It was designated as the royal "Shengjing paddock" in the Qing Dynasty. After the lifting of the ban in 1902, the county system was established and upgraded to a prefecture-level city in 1983. In 2017, Liaoyuan City achieved a regional GDP of 66.865 billion yuan, with an annual per capita GDP of 55.
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