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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.

Yuhu District, which belongs to Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, is one of the two urban areas of Xiangtan City, which is located on the bank of Xiangjiang River in central Hunan. The Yuhu District gets its name from the thousand-year-old scenic spot "Rain Lake" in the territory. It is the commercial, scientific, educational and cultural center of Xiangtan, the key area of "two-oriented" social construction of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration and the leading area of "two-oriented" social construction of Xiangtan city. As of 2018, Yuhu District has a total area of 451.39 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over eight streets, three towns and one township, with a total population of 520914 in 2016. In 2016, the Yuhu District completed a GDP of 59.254 billion yuan. Yuhu District is the birthplace of Xiangtan City, where Xiangtan County was relocated in the Song Dynasty. Because of the proximity to the Xiangjiang River, the water and land transportation is well developed; in the Yuhu District, there are Wanlou, Confucian Temple, Guan Sheng Dian, Luban Dian, Tangxing Temple and Qiu Jin's former residence.
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