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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.

Linyou County, which belongs to Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the northeast of Baoji City. It is a summer resort for officials of the Sui and Tang dynasties. It is named after Sui Yining's Qilin tour in the first year. It is located in the hilly and gully region of Weibei Arid Plateau in the east, Yongshou and Qianxian in the east, Qianyang and Fengxiang in the west, Fufeng and Qishan in the south, Yibin County in the north and Lingtai County in Gansu Province. It is between 107o 19mm east longitude 108o 2m, north latitude 34o 33km, with a total area of 1740 square kilometers. Linyou County is located on the Loess Plateau. After entering the country from the southwest, the remaining veins of Qianshan are branched near the two pavilions, the north branch is called Page Ridge, and the south branch is called Fengshan and Qishan. The main rivers are Qishui River, Jiufang River, Liangting River, Puhua River and so on. The annual precipitation is 640.4 mm and the average annual temperature is 9.2 ℃. Provincial highway Feng (Xiang) Ling (Taiwan), Xinxi (
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