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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.

Yingtan, a city (prefecture level) under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province, is an important member of the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is located in the transition zone from Wuyi Mountains to Pingyuan of Poyang Lake. The area has a mild subtropical humid monsoon climate; it has two districts and one city, with a total area of 3556.7 square kilometers; and a resident population of 1.1675 million in 2017. The Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway, the Eagle-Xiamen line, the Zhejiang-Jiangxi line, the Anhui-Jiangxi line, the Shanghai-Kunming highway, the Ji-Guang highway and the 320 and 206 national highways in Yingtan City are crisscrossed in the urban area. Longhushan is a famous mountain described at the beginning of the classic Outlaws of the Marsh. It is famous for its beautiful Danxia, Taoist saints, ancient Yue songs and wonderful yin and yang at home and abroad. it is a world natural heritage site, world geopark and national 5A tourist scenery.
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