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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.

Pubei County, which belongs to Qinzhou City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is located in the south of Guangxi, northeast of Qinzhou City, Bobai County of Yulin City to the east, Hepu County of Beihai City to the south, and Hengxian County of Nanning City, Guigang City and Xingye County of Yulin City to the north. The county seat is about 210 kilometers away from the capital Nanning and 120 kilometers away from the coastal open city Beihai City. Pubei County has a total area of 2520 square kilometers. By the end of 2014, it had jurisdiction over 2 streets and 14 towns with a total population of 920600. In 2014, the county's GDP reached 14.43 billion yuan, an increase of 14 percent over 2013. The landform of Pubei County is mainly hilly, with high topography in the middle of the county and low in the south and north; it is located in low latitudes, has sufficient light and heat, belongs to the south subtropical monsoon climate, and is rich in "banana". It is a Chinese species.
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