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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.

Qianxian County is a county under the jurisdiction of Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, under the jurisdiction of 16 towns, with a total area of 1002.71 square kilometers. It is located in the deputy core of Guanzhong-Tianshui Economic Zone, adjacent to Yangling National Agricultural High-tech Industry demonstration Zone and the industrial town of Baoji. It is 60 kilometers east from the provincial capital Xi'an, 35 kilometers from Xi'an Xianyang International Airport, 30 kilometers south from the Longhai Line, 312 National Highway, 108 National Highway, Fuyin Expressway and Xiping Railway. Qianxian County was called Haoyi at the time of the Yellow Emperor, and it was a place of worship to heaven. The Xia Dynasty was the territory of Yongzhou, the Shang Dynasty was the land of Qi and Zhou, and the Spring and Autumn and warring States period belonged to Qin. Tang Zhaozong Qianning two years (895) to Fengtian County to buy Qianzhou. In 1913, Qianzhou was changed into Qianxian County. Qianxian is also a famous historical and cultural city in Shaanxi Province. Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history, were buried together.
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