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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.

Xingyi, the third largest city in Guizhou Province, is the prefecture-level administrative capital of Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Guizhou. Located in the southwest of Guizhou Province, it is located in the center of the junction of Guizhou, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces. The area covers an area of 2915 square kilometers with a total population of 900000 (2018). Nanpanjiang River, which runs through the city, is the commercial distribution center and thoroughfare fortress in the areas adjacent to the three provinces. It is the political, economic, cultural and information center of Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture in southwestern Guizhou. Xingyi City has beautiful mountains and rivers, pleasant climate and profound cultural heritage. The famous Bishan Academy was established during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Xingyi outstanding people, the emergence of Zhang Zhidong, Wang Boqun, Wang Wenhua, he Yingqin, Liu Xianshi and other figures. Xingyi has successively won the excellent tourist city in China,
Travel Notes In XingYi City
2016 Guizhou-Guizhou Tour 10——Wanfenglin
When I came to Wanfenglin last spring, there were rapeseed flowers in the field. This time I came a little late and just missed the golden rice fields
2020 self-driving tour: Beijing - Hunan, Hubei and Guizhou (continued - the 4th stop - Wanfeng Forest, Maling River Canyon, Qingyan Ancient Town)
On November 17, 2020, I got up in the morning and had breakfast, went to the hotel's own waterfall viewing point, then left Huangguoshu Hotel, and dro
Charming Qianxinan
A short and powerful trip, the seven-day trip, for Guizhou, which has many good attractions, ended before it even started. It is great to go to Guizho
Walking the Hundred Thousand Mountains in Hunan and Guizhou
Every summer vacation, I have to travel by car. This year, my destinations are Hunan and Guizhou. Departed from Ningbo at 6 am on July 27, 2018, drove
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