• 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.

Wenxian, which belongs to Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, is located in the west of the North Henan Plain, along the Yellow River in the south and Taihang in the north, between longitude 112 °51 °39 "- 113 °13 °20" east and latitude 34 °52 °32 °48 "north. As of 2017, the county has a total area of 481.3 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 7 townships, 4 streets and 262 administrative villages with a total population of 468000. Wenxian got its name because of the hot springs in ancient times. it was called Wenguo in summer and was under the jurisdiction of Huaiqing in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Wen County gave birth to historical celebrities such as Bu Shang, a famous thinker in the Spring and Autumn period, Sima Yi, a famous statesman and military strategist in the three Kingdoms, and Guo Xi, a famous painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is the birthplace of Taijiquan and surnames such as Wen and Su. It is the nationally famous "hometown of martial arts" and "hometown of Huaiyao".
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