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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.

Yongshou County belongs to Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. It is located in the west-central part of Shaanxi Province, on the southern edge of Weibei Plateau. East separated Jinghe County and Chunhua County, Xunyi County, southeast border with Liquan County, south by Qianxian County, west Linyou County, Beilianbin County; Diantou, Yijing two townships by Qian County Guan, Wudian separated for enclaves. Enclave east, south, west and Qianxian, Baoji Fufeng County. The total area is 889 square kilometers. The New Zealand Highway runs to the north and south of Yongshou County, which is known as "Qinlong throat, Shaanxi-Gansu thoroughfare". As of 2018, Yongshou County has jurisdiction over one street and six towns, with a resident population of 189300 and a regional gross domestic product (GDP) of 8.543 billion yuan. In terms of sub-industries, the added value of the primary industry is 1.841 billion yuan, the secondary industry is 3.779 billion yuan, and the tertiary industry is 2.
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