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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.

Wujiang District, which belongs to Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, facing Shanghai to the east, Taihu Lake to the west, Zhejiang to the south and the main urban area of Suzhou to the north. The total area of the region is 1176.68 square kilometers, of which the water area is 26700 hectares, accounting for 22.70% of the total area of the city (excluding the water surface of Taihu Lake under its jurisdiction). As of June 2019, Wujiang District has jurisdiction over 4 streets and 7 towns, with a registered population of 832700 and a floating population of 979200. In 909 AD, Wujiang established a county; in 1992, Wujiang withdrew its county to build a city; in October 2012, Wujiang withdrew its city and set up a district for Wujiang District of Suzhou City. Wujiang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with well-developed river systems, crisscross rivers and dotted lakes, Wujiang is known as the "land of fish and rice" and "the house of silk". The north of Wujiang
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