• 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.

Tongshan County, located in the southeast of Hubei Province, belonging to Xianning City, is an important part of Wuhan city circle. The county is adjacent to Wuning and Xiushui County in Jiangxi Province to the south, Yangxin County to the east, Xianning City to the north, and Chongyang County to the west. Tongshan County has jurisdiction over 8 towns, 4 townships and 1 management committee. In 2016, the total resident population of Tongshan County was 510000, including 386200 in agriculture and 130000 in cities and towns. The county has a maximum horizontal distance of 71 kilometers and a maximum vertical distance of 60 kilometers, with a total area of 2680 square kilometers, including 266000 mu of cultivated land and 1.1 million mu of forest. No. 100 Yangdu Avenue, Tongyang Town, County people's Government. In November 2016, Tongshan County was awarded the second batch of national global tourism demonstration areas by the National Tourism Administration. In March 2019, it was identified as the first
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