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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.

Panyu District, Guangzhou City District, Guangdong Province, is located in the central and southern part of Guangzhou, located in the geographical center of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, facing Lion Ocean and Dongguan City in the east, Pearl River estuary in Nanbin, Shunde District and Zhongshan City in Foshan City in the west, Haizhu District in the north, with a total area of 529.94 square kilometers, with 10 streets and 6 towns under its jurisdiction. By the end of 2017, Panyu District had a resident population of 1.7193 million and a registered permanent population of 934500. Panyu, founded in the 33 year of Qin Shihuang, is an important birthplace of Lingnan culture and one of the starting points of the "Maritime Silk Road". Guangfu culture such as Lingnan architecture, Lingnan painting school, Cantonese opera Quyi, Cantonese music and folk arts such as ao fish dance, floating color, begging skillful and lion dance have a long history. Panyu is also a famous capital of delicious food.
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