• 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.

Shuocheng District is located outside Yanmenguan in the north of Shanxi Province, and its geographical coordinates are 112 °- 112 °44 °amphibian in east longitude. 39 °7 north latitude, 39 °7 north latitude, 39 °7 north latitude, 39 °28 latitude, 39 °north latitude, 39 °28 latitude, 39 °27 latitude. The border is bordered by Black Camel Mountain and Pinglu District in the north, Zijinshan Mountain and Ningwu, Daixian and Yuanping County in the south, Shanyin County in the east and Lanjiayao and Shenchi County in the west. It is 67 kilometers from east to west and 36 kilometers from north to south, 502 kilometers from the capital Beijing. With a total area of 1793 square kilometers, it is the seat of Shuozhou city government. Convenient transportation in the territory, north Tongpu railway, Shenshuo railway, Shuohuang railway, Tongtai highway, Dayun highway vertical and horizontal territory.
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