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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.

Taojiang County belongs to Yiyang City, Hunan Province, located in the north of central Hunan, Dongting tail, named after the Taohuajiang River. The county is Chu in ancient times and has been a part of Yiyang County since the Qin and Han dynasties. It was separated from Yiyang in 1952. In 2017, Taojiang County has a total area of 2068 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 15 townships with a total population of 897600. In 2016, Taojiang County achieved a GDP of 22.737 billion yuan for the whole year. Taojiang County famous scenic spots are Fuqiu Mountain, Fenghuang Mountain and so on. Taojiang County is known as "Beauty Nest", "qu Yuan's second hometown", "hometown of Phyllostachys pubescens", "hometown of Tea", "hometown of Building Materials", "hometown of Nonferrous Metals" and so on. Taohuajiang Nuclear Power Station is located in the west of the county, 20 kilometers upstream of Zishui.
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