• 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.

Lieshan District, which belongs to Huaibei City, Anhui Province, has a total area of 388 square kilometers and a total population of 370000. The district has jurisdiction over 4 streets and 3 towns: Linhaitong Street, Baishan Street, Renlou Street, Yangzhuang Street, Lishan Town, Songfu Town and Gulao Town. In 2018, the GDP for the whole year reached 10.01 billion yuan, an increase of 3.8% over the same period last year. Liishan District is rich in mineral resources, including coal, kaolin, limestone, aluminum, iron, copper, etc., the development started early, the first mine in Huaibei coalfield was built in Lieshan. Places of interest include the ruins of Zhu County in the Western Han Dynasty, the ruins of Zhuyang County in the early Tang Dynasty, the early Neolithic Peiligang Culture site of the province's key cultural relics protection units, Longji Mountain Natural Scenic spot, Nanhu Park, National Urban Wetland Park, and Huajiahu. Be honored with "medium"
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