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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.

Pingyu County, which belongs to Zhumadian City, Henan Province, is located in the east of Zhumadian City, about 60 kilometers away from the city, bordering Xincai County and Linquan County in Anhui Province in the east, Xiangcheng County and Shangcai County in the north, Zhengyang County in the south and Runan County in the west, with a total area of 1282 square kilometers. As of 2018, Pingyu County has jurisdiction over 3 streets, 11 towns and 5 townships. By the end of 2017, Pingyu County had a resident population of 721700, with a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 21.51167 billion yuan. According to different industries, the added value of the primary industry, the secondary industry and the tertiary industry was 3.94945 billion yuan, 9.23472 billion yuan and 83.2 yuan respectively.
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