• 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.

Xiaochang County belongs to Xiaogan City, Hubei Province. It is one of the counties under the jurisdiction of Xiaogan City, Hubei Province, and is an important part of Wuhan city circle. The county is located in the northeast of Hubei Province, at the southern foot of the Dabie Mountains and in the north of Jianghan Plain. It borders Huangpi District of Wuhan City in the east, Yunmeng County and Anlu City in the west, Xiaonan District, Xiaogan City in the south, Dawu County and Guangshui City in Suizhou in the north. It is 37 kilometers wide from east to west and 45 kilometers from north to south, with a total land area of 1217 square kilometers. Shuangfeng Mountain is 31 kilometers away from Xiaogan City, 50 kilometers from Wuhan Tianhe Airport and 70 kilometers from Wuhan City. 107 National Highway, Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway pass through. Xiaochang is rich in resources, including 85 species of rare animals and plants, 18 kinds of mineral deposits, including many native products such as Fenghuang Mountain Tea and Prince Rice, as well as Shuangfeng Mountain and Guanyin Lake.
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