• 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.

Wenfeng District, located in the southeast of Anyang City, is one of the areas under its jurisdiction, the political, economic and cultural center of Anyang City, and the core urban area of Anyang City. Wenfeng District has a total area of 179square kilometers and a total population of 380000 (2012). The ancient city of Anyang within its jurisdiction (also known as Zhangde Fu City, Tang and Song dynasties) is a famous historical and cultural city of the country. The ancient buildings include Zhou Jianwen Peak Pagoda (formerly known as Tianning Temple Pagoda), Tianjintang Monument in Song Dynasty, Little White Pagoda in Yuan Dynasty, Gaoge Temple in Ming Dynasty, "Fucheng Locust Temple" in Qing Dynasty, and so on.
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