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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.

Liling, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province, is hosted by Zhuzhou City. Liling is located in the east of Hunan Province, adjacent to Xiangdong District and Shangli County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province to the east, Liuyang City to the north, Lusong District and Dengkou District, Zhuzhou City to the west, and Youxian County to the south. Liling City has jurisdiction over 19 towns, 4 subdistrict offices, 1 economic development zone and 1 demonstration zone, with a total area of 2156.46 square kilometers and a total population of 1.048302 million. Liling is rich in ceramics and fireworks, which is the origin of under-glaze colorful porcelain in the world, the location of China's "national porcelain" and "Hongguan kiln" and the hometown of Li Kui, the founder of fireworks. It is a "famous historical and cultural city of Chinese ceramics" and "capital of Chinese fireworks". The 15th National Top 100 County list of County economy and basic Competitiveness was released. Liling City ranked 82nd, 84th from the previous year and two more places.
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