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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.

The pass is under the jurisdiction of Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province. Pianguan County was called Linhu in ancient times, it was called Piantouguan and Piantouzhai in ancient times, and it was changed to Piantou County in the Qing Dynasty. Pianguan County is located in the northwest border of Shanxi Province, where the south of the Yellow River flows into Shanxi. It borders Qingshuihe County in Inner Mongolia by the Great Wall in the north, the Yellow River in the west and Zhungeer Banner in Inner Mongolia across the river, Hequ and Wuzhai in the south, and Shenchi and Shuozhou in the east. The county is 60 kilometers long from east to west and 58 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 1682 square kilometers and a total population of 110000 (2004). Piantou pass, Ningwu pass and Yanmen pass, together known as the three passes of China, are the first of the three passes outside the Great Wall in the Ming Dynasty, which are called "the Ping Fan of Sanjin" and "the key of Northern Shanxi". September 25, 2018, obtained
Airport In Pianguan Xian - Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport
Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport (Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport, IATA: WUT, ICAO: ZBXZ), is located in Wuweizhuang Village, Hongdao Town, Dingxiang County, Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, China. It is 71 kilometers away from the core scenic spot of Wutai Mountain and 38 kilometers away from Xinzhou City. It is a 4C class Military-civilian feeder airports, temporary air port airports   .
In January 2015, Xinzhou military-civilian combined airport was named "Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport"   ;On December 25, 2015, Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport officially opened civil aviation business   ; On July 10, 2019, the air port of Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport was officially opened to the public temporarily   .
As of March 2020, the terminal area of ​​Wutaishan Airport in Xinzhou is 13,340 square meters, with 4 corridor bridges   , 7 check-in counters, 4 security inspection channels; there are 5 seats on the station apron, including 4 class C seats and 1 class B seat; the runway is 2600 meters long and 45 meters wide; it can meet the annual passenger throughput 350,000 passengers, 1,570 tons of cargo and mail, and 4,550 aircraft takeoffs and landings   .
In 2021, Xinzhou Wutaishan Airport will handle a total of 297,052 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 8.4%, ranking 161st in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 167.3 tons, a year-on-year increase of 32.8%, ranking 176th in the country; aircraft takeoffs and landings will be 4,418, Year-on-year growth of 5.4%, ranking 173rd in the country   .
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