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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.

Qinhuai District is the central city of Nanjing, an important financial and business center in the eastern part of the country, and the center of trade, information, culture and tourism in East China. Qinhuai District was founded in 1933 and originated from the second, third and fourth districts in the period of the Republic of China. Qinhuai River, the first famous historical and cultural river in China, runs through the whole territory, so it is named Qinhuai District. Qinhuai District is the origin of the ancient capital Jinling, and has the laudatory name of "the beautiful country in the south of the Yangtze River and the elegant place of Jinling". Qinhuai culture is the quintessence of Jinling culture, and Qinhuai folk culture is an important part of the ancient Qinhuai culture. The natural and artificial rivers in Qinhuai District are scattered, including the Inner Qinhuai River, Qingxi River, Yudai River, Xiangshui River, Grain River and small Canal. The Qinhuai Scenic Belt of Confucius Temple is centered on Confucius Temple.
Airport In Qinhuai District - Nanjing Lukou International Airport
Nanjing Lukou International Airport (Nanjing Lukou International Airport, IATA: NKG, ICAO: ZSNJ), located in Lukou Street, Jiangning District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, is the gateway to Jiangsu Province and Nanjing City, and is the main national trunk airport and a first-class air port , the main cargo airport in East China   , with Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and Pudong Airport as alternate airports   , is a national large-scale hub airport, China Air Cargo Center and express mail distribution center   , the national regional transportation hub.   
Nanjing Lukou International Airport started construction in February 1995 and officially opened to air on July 1, 1997; in 2005, it was awarded the title of "International Sanitary Airport" by the World Health Organization; in 2009, the passenger throughput exceeded 10 million passengers, entering China's tens of millions In July 2014, the second phase of the project was completed and opened; in June 2015, the route from Nanjing to Los Angeles was opened, and Nanjing became the fifth city in China to open regular passenger routes to Europe, Australia and the United States.     
As of August 2020, Lukou Airport is a 4F-level airport. Nanjing Lukou International Airport has two 3,600-meter runways, two terminal buildings, two cargo terminals and a transportation center. The terminal building has a construction area of ​​425,000 square meters , the apron area is nearly 1.1 million square meters. With 135 domestic routes and 23 international routes, connecting to 115 destinations at home and abroad, it has preliminarily established a route network that radiates to Asia, connects Europe and the United States, and reaches Australia.    
In 2017, the passenger throughput of Nanjing Lukou International Airport was 25.822 million, a year-on-year increase of 15.5%, ranking 11th in the country; the cargo and mail throughput was 374,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.6%, ranking 10th in the country; takeoffs and landings were 209,000 , of which 208,000 took off and landed, a year-on-year increase of 11.4%.  
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