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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.

Wujiaqu is a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. it is located at the northern foot of Tianshan Mountain, in the southeast of Junggar Basin, connected with Changji City and Urumqi City, and is the economic hinterland on the north slope of Tianshan Mountain in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region. it is also the nearest green passage from Urumqi to Gurbantonggut Desert. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Yang, Feng, du and other five families drew a canal from the Laolong River for farming, known as the "Wujiaqu". Wujiaqu was used as the name of a natural town until 2001. In September 2002, the State Council approved the establishment of Wujiaqu City at the county level. On January 19, 2004, Wujiaqu City was officially listed, which is a county-level city directly under the jurisdiction of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region and the seat of the sixth Division of Xinjiang production and Construction Corps. Area
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