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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.

Changyang Tujia Autonomous County is an autonomous county under the jurisdiction of Yichang City, Hubei Province. Located in the mountainous area of southwestern Hubei, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Qingjiang River, it is a special county that integrates the old, the young, the mountain, the poor and the storehouse. In July 1984, Changyang Tujia Autonomous County was established with the approval of the State Council of China. There are 23 ethnic groups, including Tujia, Han, Miao, Manchu, Mongolian, Dong and Zhuang, of which Tujia accounts for about 51%. The county government is stationed in Longzhouping Town. Changyang Tujia Autonomous County is located in the mountainous area of southwestern Hubei and the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and Qingjiang River. it spans 110 °21'to 111 °21 'east longitude and 30 °12' to 30 °46 °north latitude; it is adjacent to Yidu to the east, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County to the south, Badong County near the Yangtze River in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture to the west, and Zigui Heyi to the north.
Airport In Changyang Tujia Autonomous County - Yichang Three Gorges Airport
Yichang Sanxia Airport (Yichang Sanxia Airport, IATA: YIH, ICAO: ZHYC) is located at the junction of Yiting District, Yiling District and Zhijiang City, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, 26 kilometers away from the city center and 55 kilometers away from the Three Gorges Dam   , is a 4D-level international tourist feeder airport, an important supporting project of the Three Gorges Project, and an international hub airport in the Three Gorges region   .
Yichang Three Gorges Airport was approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission on January 18, 1993.   ;The construction officially started in September 1994, and passed the national completion inspection in October 1996. On December 28, 1996, it obtained the airport use permit and officially opened to air.   ; On June 23, 2022, the airport T2 terminal will be opened   .
According to the official website of the airport in February 2022, the terminal area of ​​Yichang Three Gorges Airport is 14,816 square meters, the area of ​​the air cargo terminal is 96 square meters, and the civil aviation station has 21 aircraft seats; the runway is 3,200 meters long and 45 meters wide   .  
In 2018, Yichang Three Gorges Airport handled a total of 2,948,700 passengers, 24,800 aircraft movements, and 16,900 tons of cargo and mail, a year-on-year increase of 31.41%, 27.17%, and 25.42% respectively.  
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