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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.

Neijiang, known as Han'an in ancient times and Sweet City in the United States, is the hometown of Zi Hong, the teacher of Confucius, and Zhang Daqian, a master of traditional Chinese painting. Neijiang belongs to the prefecture-level city of Sichuan Province, located in the southeast of Sichuan Province, in the middle of the lower reaches of the Tuojiang River, with Chongqing in the east, Luzhou in the south, Zigong and Meishan in the west, and Ziyang in the north; the topography is mainly hilly, surrounded by low mountains in the southeast and southwest; it belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate. Neijiang City covers an area of 5385 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over two districts and two counties, and is in charge of one county-level city; the registered population of Neijiang is 4.1177 million in 2018. Neijiang has beautiful scenery and many places of interest. there are Longchang Ancient Brand Fang Group known as "three-dimensional History Book", Shengshui Temple known as "the first Zen Forest in Central Sichuan", Xilin Temple, Zhonglong Mountain Cliff Inscriptions, Qianshou Guanyin Temple of Donglin Temple, and the head of "Bashu four Literary temples".
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