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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.

Ruichang, implying "Ruixiang Prosperity", is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, directly administered by Jiangxi Province and hosted by Jiujiang City. Ruichang is located in the west-north of Jiangxi Province, the west of Jiujiang City, the south bank of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the "Golden Waterway" of the Yangtze River in the north, Chaisang District in the east, Dean County and Wuning County in the south, Yangxin County in Hubei Province in the west, and Wuxue City in Hubei Province across the Yangtze River. Convenient transportation and well-informed, it is known as the "thoroughfare of the three provinces" in history. Ruichang has a long history and was settled by ancestors as early as the Neolithic Age. Chiwuchang was established in the fourth year of Tang Jianzhong (783). In the five dynasties, it was promoted to a county in the third year of Shengyuan of the Southern Tang Dynasty (939), named Ruichang, which lasted for more than a thousand years. Ruichang has a total area of 1442 square kilometers and a total population of 456000 (2012). It has jurisdiction over 21 townships (towns and farms).
Airport In Ruichang City - Jiujiang Lushan Airport
Jiujiang Lushan Airport (Jiujiang Lushan Airport, IATA: JIU, ICAO: ZSJJ), referred to as "Lushan Airport", is located on Airport Road, Minshan Township, Chaisang District, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province, China, 8.5 kilometers away from the west gate of Lushan National Scenic Spot in the northeast. It is 16 kilometers away from the center of Chaisang District and 31 kilometers away from the center of Jiujiang. It is a 4C-level military-civilian tourism feeder airport   .
On June 18, 1996, Jiujiang Lushan Airport officially opened civil aviation services; in 2000, 2002, and 2006, Jiujiang Lushan Airport was suspended for three times; on March 21, 2015, Jiujiang Lushan Airport was suspended for renovation; on June 3, 2019 , Jiujiang Lushan Airport resumption and reconstruction project successfully tested flight   .
As of February 2021, the terminal building of Jiujiang Lushan Airport has an area of ​​11,815 square meters, and there are 3 category C remote stands on the civil aviation apron; the runway is 2,800 meters long and 50 meters wide, and can take off and land Airbus A320-200, Boeing B737- Models of 800 and below; can meet the needs of annual passenger throughput of 500,000 passengers   .
In 2021, Jiujiang Lushan Airport will handle a total of 15,880 passengers, ranking 241st in the country; 222 aircraft take-offs and landings, ranking 244th in the country   .
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