• Mesa
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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.

Qianyang County, which belongs to Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the west of Guanzhong, Gansu Province, Lingtai County in the north, Chencang District in the south, Linyou and Fengxiang County in the east and Longxian County in the west. Between latitude 34 °34 "- 34 °56" north and longitude 106 °56 "15"-107 °22 "31" east, with a total area of 996.46 square kilometers. Qianyang County is the hometown of Yan Kui, one of the 72 sages of Confucius, an important post station of the ancient Silk Road and the hometown of Chinese folk art embroidery. Yanqi Wanglutai has a long history; there is the first named national wetland, health paradise and wetland model-Qianhu National Wetland Park in Shaanxi Province. In 2018, Qianyang County has jurisdiction over seven towns with a resident population of 125700, realizing the GD.
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