• 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.

Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County is located in the northwest of Sichuan Basin. The geographical coordinates are longitude 103 °44 "104 °42" east and latitude 31 °14 "32 °14 'north. It is bordered by Jiangyou City in the east, Anzhou District in the south, Maoxian County in the west, and Songpan and Pingwu County in the north, covering an area of 2867.83 square kilometers (with a detailed land area of 2869.18 square kilometers). 42 kilometers away from downtown Mianyang and 160 kilometers from the provincial capital Chengdu, it is the only Qiang Autonomous County in China. In 2016, the total population was 240000 (of which 85000 were Qiang, accounting for 36% of the county's total population and nearly 1/3 of the Qiang population in China). In 2016, the GDP of the region reached 4.389 billion yuan. Beichuan County has "the hometown of Chinese beige marble", "the hometown of Chinese Dayu Culture" and "China".
Airport In Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County - Mianyang Nanjiao Airport
Mianyang Nanjiao Airport (Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, IATA: MIG, ICAO: ZUMY) is referred to as Mianyang Airport; it is located on Airport East Road, Tangxun Street, Economic and Technological Development Zone, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, China, 10 kilometers away from the center of Mianyang. It is a 4D civil transport Airport   .
Mianyang Nanjiao Airport was approved for construction in 1994 and named Mianyang Nanjiao Airport   ; Construction started in July 1997; it was officially completed and opened to navigation on April 28, 2001   .
Mianyang Nanjiao Airport has T1 and T2 terminals, with a total area of ​​48,000 square meters; a runway with a length of 2,400 meters; an apron of 111,000 square meters and 20 parking spaces; the annual passenger throughput is guaranteed to be 6 million.     As of November 2022, 59 routes and 42 cities have been opened.  
In 2019, the passenger throughput of Mianyang Nanjiao Airport was 4,159,400 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%; the cargo and mail throughput was 8,800 tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.8%; the number of takeoffs and landings was 189,900, a year-on-year increase of 7.6%; ranking 49th in China respectively , 62nd, 17th.  
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