• Mesa
  • Wutai County

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.

Wutai County is located in the northeast of Shanxi Province, belonging to Xinzhou City, Shanxi Province, belonging to the earth and rocky mountain area, bounded by Taihang Mountain Ridge in the east and Hebei Province. It covers an area of 2865 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 6 towns and 24 townships. It belongs to temperate continental climate. Wutai Mountain in Wutai County, with overlapping mountains and complex topography, is composed of East, West, Central, South, North and Wutai, known as the "North China Roof". It ranks first among the four famous Buddhist mountains in the country. Wutai County is located in the north, the terrain is high, and the climate is cold, which is known as "Xiaoxinganling in North China". The average annual temperature is 5 ℃, 11 ℃ below zero in January and 21 ℃ in July. The annual rainfall is 500 mm and the frost-free period is 90 mi 150 days.
Airport In Wutai County - 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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