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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.

Yongding District (ancient Yongding County, Tingzhou Capital) is located in the southwest of Fujian Province, connecting Nanjing County to the east, Pinghe County to the southeast, Dapu County and Meixian County in Guangdong Province to the southwest, Shanghang County to the northwest and Xinluo District to the northeast, with a total area of 2223 square kilometers. Human beings have lived together and thrived since the Neolithic Age. Ming Chenghua 14 years (1478), analysis of Shanghang County, home Yongding County. In 2014, Yongding County was abolished and Yongding District of Longyan City was established. Yongding is the "southern mining area" and "the hometown of flue-cured tobacco", and its geothermal resources rank first in Longyan City. The streams in the territory belong to the three major river systems of Ting River, Jiulong River and Meijiang River. Ting River, Yongding River, Jinfeng River, Huangtan River, Fuxi, Qiling River and other basins cover an area of more than 100 square kilometers. Mianhuatan Hydropower Station is the second largest hydropower station in Fujian Province.
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