• 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.

Yuetang District, which belongs to Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, is located at the northeast end of Xiangtan City, where Xiangjiang River and Lianshui River meet in Hunan Province, Shifeng District of Zhuzhou City in the east, Xiangtan County across Xiangjiang River in the south, Yuhu District across Xiangjiang River in the west, and Changsha County in the north. The geographical center coordinates are 112 degrees 95 minutes east longitude and 27 degrees 87 minutes north latitude. In 2009, the registered population of the whole district was 349577. By 2018, it had jurisdiction over 9 streets. Yuetang District is located in the central area at the junction of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, connecting with the frame of the three cities and the key point of Hunan's economic development belt of "five districts and one corridor". It is the political center and important industrial zone of Xiangtan City. it is the key area of "two-type" social construction of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration and the forerunner of "two-type" social construction of Xiangtan city. In December 2017, elected.
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