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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.

Nanpiao District is located in the West Liaoning Corridor, in the northwest of Huludao City, bordering Jinzhou and Chaoyang, overlooking Qinhuangdao City. Foreign trade can be expanded through the ports of the Bohai Economic Circle, and border trade and economic exchanges can be strengthened by making use of the northeast China-Mongolia and Sino-Russian border economic belt in the north pillow Songling, overlooking the Bohai Sea in the south. Nanpiao District has a total area of 1000 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 10 townships and 7 subdistrict offices. There are 300000 people in the jurisdiction (2012)
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