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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.

Shengzhou, which belongs to Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, is located in the east of Zhejiang Province, near Hangzhou to the north and Ningbo to the east. It belongs to the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone, with a total area of 1789 square kilometers, a total household registration population of 728700 and a floating population of 86000. It has jurisdiction over 10 towns, 1 township and 4 streets. Shengzhou, the county has been built in the Qin and Han dynasties, has been known as "Shengzhou" for more than 2100 years. It was named Shengxian in the Northern Song Dynasty and Shengzhou was established in 1995. It is the hometown of Ren Guang, Ma Yinchu, Yuan Xuefen, Ma Xiaochun and other modern cultural celebrities. It is also the birthplace of Yue opera. Shengzhou City is surrounded by mountains and five rivers, with a basin in the middle. The geomorphology shows the characteristics of "seven mountains, one water and two fields". The climate is pleasant, and the forest coverage rate reaches 67.2%. It is known as "the southeast landscape is the most, and the cross-land scenery is the leading". Shengzhou
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