• 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.

Louxing District, which belongs to Loudi City, Hunan Province, is located in the middle of Hunan Province. It is the only county-level district in Loudi City, with a total area of 630.02 square kilometers. Louxing District is rich in natural scenery, including Tianlai Rock (Shengyan Cave), Hongjiashan Forest Park, Wushifeng Guanyin Hall, Shuangjiang Shengxian Cave, Shuifumiao Reservoir and other scenic spots. It was the hometown of he Deying, who was given by Song Lizong that "the Jingque family was shocked and the Hunan Boy moved for the first time," Zeng Zizhi, a doctor of Fengzhi in the Ming Dynasty, Yang Changjun, governor of Shaanxi and Gansu in the Qing Dynasty, Liu Rong, an ancient writer of Tongcheng School, an educator, Li Zhenpian, a pathologist, and Jiang Qixian, the founder of the country. In 2018, Louxing District has jurisdiction over 7 streets, 5 towns and 1 township, with a resident population of 619900, achieving a GDP of 50.34 billion yuan per capita.
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