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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.

Wubao County is located in the northeast of Shaanxi Province, southeast of Yulin City. Relying on Jia County in the north, Suide in the west and the Yellow River in the east, it faces Linxian County and Liulin in Shanxi Province. With a total area of 428 square kilometers, cultivated land of 12700 hectares and a total population of 84300 (2016), Wubao County is the traffic hub of Qin and Jin dynasties. It has been a strategic area for military strategists since ancient times, and it is the bridgehead from northern Shaanxi to East and North China. Wubao County is one of the five sericulture base counties in Shaanxi Province, and the output and income of red jujube ranks first in the city. Four Yellow River bridges connect Qin and Jin provinces, and Xian-Song Highway crosses the border. Places of interest include the second moraine of the Yellow River-Wubao Datong moraine, Wubao Stone City, Taiping Temple, Liuqing former residence, Henggou Hot Spring and so on. Under the jurisdiction of Songjiachuan Street Office, Koujiayuan Town, Xinjiagou Town,
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