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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.

Shimen, which belongs to Changde City, Hunan Province, is the gateway to northwest Hunan, with a curved gourd-shaped topography and a slope from west to southeast. There are 236 rivers and streams across the territory. The annual average temperature in China is 16.7 ℃. It is a major county of mineral resources in Hunan Province, with the largest reserves of male sulfonate ore in the world, silica placer and phosphate ore in Asia. Shimen County covers an area of 3973 square kilometers with a total population of 700000. Among them, the county town covers an area of 172square kilometers and has a population of 206000. Residents have Tujia, Hui, Miao and other 16 ethnic minorities, is an ethnic minority county. Historically, it is the central area of Tianping chieftain rule. Tujia accounts for 51% of the total population of the county, and Tujia's traditional customs are rich. Shimen is "the hometown of Chinese famous tea", "the hometown of Chinese tea Zen" and "the export base of national green tea".
Airport In Shimen - Changde Taohuayuan Airport
Changde Taohuayuan Airport (Changde Taohuayuan Airport, IATA: CGD, ICAO: ZGCD), located in Taohuayuan Road, Doumu Lake Street, Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, China, 13 kilometers northeast of Changde city center, is a 4D-level domestic feeder airport, and Changsha Huanghua International Airport and Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport are mutually alternate airports   .
On December 10, 1959, construction of Changde Doumu Lake Airport started [twenty three]  ; In December 1960, Changde Doumu Lake Airport opened to traffic   ; On April 15, 1965, Changde Doumu Lake Airport opened for civil aviation [twenty three]  ; On October 28, 1991, the flight area index of Changde Doumu Lake Airport was changed to 3B [twenty four]  ; On August 30, 1996, Changde Doumhu Airport flight area indicator was changed to 4C   ; On August 4, 1999, Changde Doumu Lake Airport was renamed Changde Taohuayuan Airport; in 2015, the flight area indicator of Changde Taohuayuan Airport was changed to 4D   .
As of February 2021, the terminal building of Changde Taohuayuan Airport covers an area of ​​20,165 square meters, including 5,600 square meters for the international terminal area, with a total of 4 boarding bridges; the area of ​​the civil aviation station is about 53,000 square meters, with 4 Class D Aircraft seats and 9 C-class seats; one asphalt runway with a length of 2,600 meters and a width of 45 meters; it can meet the annual passenger throughput of 2.2 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 16,000 tons, and transportation take-off and landing of 21,000 sorties. need       .
In 2021, Changde Taohuayuan Airport will handle a total of 1,008,348 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%, ranking 94th in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 458.7 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 12.7%, ranking 151st in the country; Down 9.5%, ranked 51st nationally [twenty two]  .
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