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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.

Xixia District is a municipal district of Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous region, which is located in the west of Yinchuan City. Its geographical coordinates are 105 °49 "106 °18" east longitude and 38 °08 "38 °52 'north latitude. Xixia District starts from Baolan Railway in the east to the axis of Helan Mountain pass (Ningmeng boundary) in the west, Yongning County in the south and Helan County in the north, with a total area of 1129.3 square kilometers, which is the largest of the three municipal districts in Yinchuan. Xixia District has jurisdiction over 2 towns and 7 streets. As of 2013, there were 240000 people in Xixia District. In 2013, Xixia District achieved a GDP of 25.108 billion yuan. Xixia District has Baisikou Twin Towers, Rolling Zhongkou, Helan Mountain Rock painting Scenic spot, Xixia King Mausoleum and other scenic spots. In September 2019, it was selected into the first batch of national global tourism demonstration zones.
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