• 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.

Sucheng District is an administrative area set up in September 1996 with the establishment of Suqian City at the prefectural level. it is the main urban area and seated area of Suqian central city. it is an important national center of scientific and technological innovation and logistics services. it is the political, economic, cultural, educational, international business, financial and transportation center of Suqian. Sucheng District is located in the middle of Huaihai Economic Zone and belongs to the cross-radiation zone along the East Longhai Line Economic Belt, Coastal Economic Belt and Yangtze River Economic Zone. It borders Suyu District in the north and east, Siyang County and Sihong County in the south, and Suining County in Xuzhou City in the west.
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