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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.

Wuerhe District, which belongs to Karamay City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, is located in the northwest of Xinjiang, on the northwest edge of Junggar Basin, bordered by Buxel Mongolia Autonomous County in the northeast, Toli County in the west, and Baiyan Beach in the southwest. Wuerhe District, with a total area of 2229.13 square kilometers, has jurisdiction over 2 townships (streets) and the district government is stationed on Willow Street. Wuerhe District has Xinjiang Oilfield Company Baikouquan Oil production Plant, Fengcheng Oilfield Operation area, Xinjiang Construction Corps Seventh Division 137 Regiment and other enterprises. In 2013, Wuerhe District achieved a GDP of 9.94 billion yuan.
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