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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.

Weishi County, located in the eastern plain of Henan Province, belongs to Kaifeng City, Henan Province. It is bordered by Tongxu and Fugou County to the east, Qianling and Changge County to the south, Xinzheng County to the west, Xiangfu District and Zhongmou County to the north. It is 40.77km long from north to south and 43.76km wide from east to west, with a total area of about 1307.7 square kilometers and a total population of 810000 (2000). Weishi County Party Committee and Weishi County people's Government are stationed in Chengguan Town. Wei's ancient name is "Weizhou". It is a county with economic management and power expansion in Henan Province, a county with preferential electricity prices, a Zhongyuan textile industrial base in Henan Province, which is one of the eight characteristic bases approved by the provincial government, and a Weishi high-efficiency agricultural demonstration park recognized by the province.
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