• 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.

Nanhu District, which is under the jurisdiction of Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, is the main urban area of Jiaxing City, located in the Hangjiahu Plain in the north of Zhejiang Province, Shanghai in the east, Hangzhou in the west, Suzhou in the north and Hangzhou Bay in the south. It is the economic, political, cultural and trade center of Jiaxing City. It has jurisdiction over 9 streets and 4 towns, with a total area of 438.98 square kilometers, with a registered population of 470000 and a temporary resident population of 220000. Nanhu District has been the "house of silk and the land of fish and rice" since ancient times, and enjoys the reputation of "a metropolis in the east of the Yangtze River". Here has a pleasant climate, rich products, black pottery, bamboo carvings and other traditional products continue to sell, water wonders Nanhuling and "Chinese time-honored brand" Wufangzhai zongzi is well-known throughout the country. Nanhu District is a famous historical city, cultural city and Shuidu Green City in the south of the Yangtze River.
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