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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.

Zuoquan County, which belongs to Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, is located in the southeast of Jinzhong City, Shanxi Province, with a total area of 2028 square kilometers. Zuoquan County has a temperate continental climate with four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. As of 2018, Zuoquan County has jurisdiction over 5 towns, 5 townships and 1 street. The county government is stationed in Liaoyang Town. By the end of 2016, Zuoquan County had a total population of 165796. The first year of Yankang in the Eastern Han Dynasty (220 years) began to buy Yanhe County, governing the old city of Mianyang, belonging to Leping County. In September 1942, in memory of General Zuo Quan, Deputy Chief of General staff of the eighth Route Army who died here, he changed his name to Zuoquan County. Yang (Quan) in Zuoquan County
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