• 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.

Yinzhou District, Tieling City, Liaoning Province, is located in the north of Liaoning Province, the east bank of the middle reaches of Liaohe River, 60 kilometers away from the provincial capital Shenyang, in the transitional zone between Liaodong hills and Liaohe Plain. By 2011, Yinzhou District has jurisdiction over 7 streets, 12 villages and 1 township. Yinzhou District covers an area of 203square kilometers (2004) with a total population of 391000 (2014). In 2014, the city's regional GDP reached 108 billion yuan, an increase of 2 percent, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 19365 yuan. Longshou Mountain Scenic spot in Yinzhou District is a provincial scenic spot.
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