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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.

Qianjiang, a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is located in the Jianghan Plain in the central part of Hubei Province, with the Han River in the north and the Yangtze River in the south, located in the lower reaches of the Han River, across the Dongjing River and the upper and lower Xijing River. the climate belongs to the north subtropical monsoon humid climate. It has jurisdiction over 7 streets and 10 towns. The population in 2016 is 962000. Qianjiang is an important member of Wuhan urban agglomeration and urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. The county was founded in 965 AD (the third year of Song Qiande). Jianghan Oilfield, one of the top ten oilfields in China, has jurisdiction over 3 provincial-level economic development zones, 6 state-owned farms and 16 towns. It is known as "the hometown of Cao Yu, Jianghan oil city, water garden and hometown of lobster". In 2017, the gross domestic product of Qianjiang City reached 67.186 billion yuan. In June 2017, Qianjiang City was named as a national health city.
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