• 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.

Lintong District, which belongs to Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the east of Guanzhong Plain, Lantian County in the south, Yan Liang District in the north, Sanyuan County in Xianyang City in the northwest, Gaoling District in the west, Linwei District in Weinan City in the east, and Baqiao District in the southwest. Between longitude 109 °05 "49"-109 °27 "50" east and latitude 34 °16 "49"-34 °44 "11" north, with a total area of 915 square kilometers. The famous "eighth Wonder of the World" Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors and horses, the source of "Beijing time", the National time Service Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is located in Lintong District. From the Zhou and Qin dynasties to the Han and Tang dynasties, Lintong has always been the capital, at the center of China's political, economic and cultural activities. There are many historical heritages in the territory, including the Jiangzhai site during the Yangshao Culture period and Lishan Mountain where the beacon fire opera princes took place.
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