• 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.

Xinglongtai District, which belongs to Panjin City, Liaoning Province, is located in the middle of Panjin City. The central area of the city is between 41 °05 Mel 41 °12'N and 121 °55 Mel 122 °11'E, with a total area of 267 square kilometers. Xinglongtai District is the seat of Panjin Municipal Government and Liaohe Oilfield organs. It is the only national ecological construction demonstration zone in northern China and an excellent tourist city in China. The area of wetlands in Xinglongtai accounts for 35% of the total area of the city. It is known as "important wetlands in the world" and "the most beautiful wetlands in China". In 2018, Xinglongtai District had 17 streets with a registered population of 439189, achieving a GDP of 35.29 billion yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry was 210 million yuan and that of the secondary industry was 12.06 billion yuan.
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