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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.

Xiangyang District is the lower jurisdiction of Jiamusi City, Heilongjiang Province, adjacent to Hongqi Road and Wanxin Street in the west, Zhongshan Street and Qianjin District in the east, Tongsan Expressway in the south and Songhua River (Liushu Island) in the north. The region has a total area of 38 square kilometers and a population of 234000 (2012). There are Han, Korean, Manchu, Hui and other ethnic groups, with a total of 72241 households. It has jurisdiction over 6 subdistrict offices, 76 communities, 5 administrative villages and 3 natural villages on Willow Island. The region achieved a GDP of 3 billion yuan (2012). There are Xinglin Lake Park, Shuiyuan Mountain Park and other tourist attractions.
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