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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.

Longwen District, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, Zhangzhou City, west of Zhangzhou City, north of Changtai County, east and south of Longhai City, is one of the core urban areas of Zhangzhou City, was founded in 1996. With a total area of 126 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 1 town and 5 streets, with a resident population of 194800 (at the end of 2018). In 2018, Longwen District achieved a GDP of 24.63 billion yuan. Longwen District is a national ecological civilization area, an important material distribution center in southeastern Fujian, a new trade center in Zhangzhou, and a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and the ancestral home of Taiwan compatriots in Fujian Province.
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