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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.

Zhong Xiang, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is hosted by Jingmen City. It is located in the middle reaches of the Hanjiang River, Yicheng and Suizhou to the north, Tianmen City and Shayang County to the south, Jingshan City to the east, Dongbao District and Luidao District to the west, between 30 °42 degrees north latitude 31 °36 'and 112 °07 east longitude 113 °00'. There are 207 National Highway, Jiaozhi Railway, Changjing Railway, Xiang Jing Expressway and Wujing Expressway passing through the territory. Zhongxiang City covers a total area of 4488 square kilometers. By the end of 2018, it has jurisdiction over 1 street, 15 towns, 1 township, and 2 provincial economic and technological development zones. In 2018, the city's GDP reached 50.5 billion yuan, an increase of 8 percent over 2017. Zhongxiang is located in the middle and low mountain areas of Hubei, with high terrain in the northeast and low in the southwest.
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