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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.

Danjiangkou City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Hubei Province, is hosted by Shiyan and is located in the northwest of Hubei Province and the middle and upper reaches of the Hanjiang River. It is known as "Water Capital of China and Tianchi of Asia". It is the core water source area and dam area of the middle route of the South-to-North Water transfer Project, and it is the location of Wudang Mountain, the world cultural heritage and Taoist shrine. Danjiangkou has a long history and culture. When the Danjiangkou Water Control Project was built in 1958, the old county was completely submerged. The current site is built according to the dam, which is named because it is located at the mouth of the Danjiang River into the Han River. Danjiangkou City is the dam area of the middle route of the South-to-North Water transfer Project (Danjiangkou Dam), the reservoir area and the main resettlement area. The city has World Cultural Heritage, national 5A scenic spots, Taoist shrine-Wudang Mountain, water diversion source of the middle route of South-to-North Water transfer Project and national scenic spot-Danjiangkou Reservoir. The total area of the city is 3121 square meters.
Airport In Danjiangkou - Shiyan Wudang Mountain Airport
Shiyan Wudangshan Airport (Shiyan Wudangshan Airport; IATA: WDS, ICAO: ZHSY) is located in Bailang Economic and Technological Development Zone, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, China, about 15 kilometers from the urban area, and about 25 kilometers from the Wudang Mountain Scenic Spot, a famous Taoist holy place in China. It is a 4C-level civil transport airport and a feeder airport in China.  
Shiyan Wudangshan Airport was officially completed and opened to navigation on February 5, 2016, and was named Shiyan Wudangshan Airport.  
According to information on the airport's official website in April 2019, Shiyan Wudangshan Airport has a terminal building, not T1 (domestic in China), with a total area of ​​16,400 square meters; a runway with a length of 2,600 meters; 7 parking spaces (2 Helicopter slots); can guarantee an annual passenger throughput of 1.2 million person-times, an annual cargo and mail throughput of 2,700 tons, and an annual aircraft take-off and landing of 16,173 sorties   . As of April 2019, a total of 17 domestic fixed routes have been opened in China, covering 26 cities   .
In 2018, the passenger throughput of Shiyan Wudangshan Airport was 1.1825 million passengers, a year-on-year increase of 36.0%; the cargo and mail throughput was 0.5 million tons; 112 bits   .
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