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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.

Shenmu City, which belongs to Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, is the site of Shiyi site, the eve of Chinese civilization, which is located in the border zone of northern Shaanxi and Qin-Jin-Meng provinces. With a total area of 7635 square kilometers, it is the largest county-level city in Shaanxi Province. Shenmu has a long history and was inhabited by human beings four or five thousand years ago. Shifeng site is the largest prehistoric city site and the center of civilization in northern China and the Yellow River valley more than 4000 years ago. In history, Shenmu has always been a border outpost guarding the Central Plains against foreigners. It is known as "Nanwei Guanzhong, Beiping Hetao, the danger of Jinyang on the left and Lingxia Chong on the right". In 2018, Shenmu had jurisdiction over 6 streets and 14 towns, with a resident population of 485000, with a GDP of 129.803 billion yuan, of which
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