• 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.

Mengzhou City, which belongs to Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, is in charge of county-level cities for Jiaozuo City. It is located in the northwest of Henan Province, with Taihang in the north and the Yellow River in the south. The geographical coordinates are longitude 112 °33-112 °55 east and latitude 34 °50-35 °02 'north. With a total area of 541.6 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 4 streets, 6 towns and 1 township, with a population of 400000. In 2016, the city's GDP reached 28.87 billion yuan, an increase of 8.5 percent over the same period last year. Mengzhou is the hometown of Han Yu, the head of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties. The main tourist attractions are: Hanyuan, hometown Mogou, Yellow River Wetland, Gucheng Lake, Baiqiang Reservoir, Jinshan Temple, Riverside Park and so on. Specialties are: four Huaiyao (Rehmannia glutinosa, yam, chrysanthemum, Achyranthes bidentata), apple, sheep shearing and products, wheat straw
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