• 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.

Ziyang County, which belongs to Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, is located in the south of Shaanxi Province, the upper reaches of the Han River, the northern foot of Daba Mountain, Hanbin District and Langao County in the east, Zhenba County in the west, Chengkou County and Wanyuan City in the south, and Hanyin County in the north. The total area is 2204 square kilometers between longitude 108o 06m / m 108 °43m east and latitude 32 °08m / m 32 °49' north. Ziyang County is named after Zhang Pingshu (No. Ziyang), founder of the Southern School of Taoism. Ziyang has convenient transportation, Xiang-Chongqing Railway and Baomao Expressway pass through the country, and have successively won the reputation of "hometown of selenium Valley", "Gallery of Hanjiang River", "hometown of Chinese Folk Art" and "hometown of Folk songs", known as "hometown of tribute Tea". In 2018, Ziyang County has jurisdiction over 17 towns with a resident population of 286700, achieving a GDP of 10.365 billion.
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