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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.

Pingshan District, which belongs to Benxi City, Liaoning Province, is located in the southeast of Liaoning Province, the hinterland of Liaodong Peninsula, and is the political, economic, cultural and trade center of Benxi City. Pingshan District has jurisdiction over nine streets, with a total area of 177square kilometers, accounting for 2.1% of the city's area, of which the urban area is 17 square kilometers, accounting for 24.6% of the city's urban area, with a population of 361000 (2007). In 2007, the region's GDP reached 2.721 billion yuan, an increase of 25.4% over 2006 in terms of comparable prices. Taihe District has Pingdingshan, Wangxi Park and other famous tourist attractions.
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