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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.

Shayang County, which belongs to Jingmen City, Hubei Province, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Hanjiang River, at the northern end of the Jianghan Plain, facing the Han River to the east, Zhongxiang City and Tianmen City to the east, Zhangshui River to the west, adjoining Dangyang City to the west, Changhu Lake to the south, bordering Jiangling County and Qianjiang City to the north, bordering Pandao District and Dongbao District to the north. Shayang County is located in the combination of Wuhan city circle and western Hubei ecological and cultural tourism circle, adjacent to the Han River, smooth water transportation, known as "Pearl of the Han River", "Xiao Hankou" and other reputations. there are first-class highways such as Xiang-Jing Expressway and National Highway 207, 234, 348 and Hanyi Line. Shayang County has a total area of 2044 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 13 towns. In 2015, the county's GDP reached 23.4 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5% over 2015. In 2018, the population is 590000
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