• 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.

Yunxiao County (ancient Yunxiao Hall, Zhangzhou capital) is located on the southern coast of Fujian Province. It is located between 23 °45km north latitude and 117o 07km east longitude, with an area of 1054.3 square kilometers and a population of 416000 (sixth census). The county has Zhangzhao Expressway crossing, 24.8km in the territory, and 400.7 km in the trunk of National Highway 324 and Provincial Highway 210,211. Inland navigation 30 kilometers, coastal ships can directly reach Dongshan, Xiamen and other places, there is Xiamen-Shenzhen railway transit. The topography of Yunxiao County tilts from northwest to south, the northeast, west and southwest edges are mountainous, and the middle to southeast is the coastal plain. The coastline is 48 kilometers long. The Zhangjiang River flows through the county, and Fengtou Reservoir and eastward are built in the upper reaches.
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