• Mesa
  • Qinghemen Area

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.

Qinghemen District, Fuxin City, Liaoning Province, is located in the southwest of Fuxin City, Liaoning Province. Qinghemen is located in the remaining veins of Songling Mountains, 25.18 kilometers away from the city center and 115 kilometers away from Jinzhou seaport. As of 2010, Qinghemen District covers an area of 100 square kilometers, with a total population of 80,000, and has jurisdiction over 4 districts and 2 towns. Qinghemen District has Liaoshen Weizu tombs, Santagou, Lishan poetry and painting and other natural scenic spots. Lama porridge and Maoerduo soup are special snacks in Qinghemen District.
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