• Mesa
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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.

Xingshan County belongs to Yichang City, Hubei Province. It gets its name from the name of "Huanyi all mountains, county governance rising in the mountains". As of October 5, 2018, the land area is 2327 square kilometers, under the jurisdiction of 2 townships, 6 towns and 96 villages (residence), with a total population of 170600. The county government is stationed in Gufu Town. Xingshan County, the hometown of Han Mingfei Wang Zhaojun, was founded in the third year of Yongan, Emperor Wu Jingdi (260 years). In August 1949, Xingshan County belongs to Yichang area of Hubei Province. On July 6, 1992, the county came under the jurisdiction of Yichang City. The geomorphological structure of the county is "eight-and-a-half mountains and a sub-field", with a per capita cultivated land of 1.08 mu. There are four major natural resources: hydropower, mineral resources, Lint and tourism. Shanghai-Rongbei Yiba Expressway and Shiyi Railway all pass through the county, and Zheng Wangao Railway sets up Xingshan Station here. Xingshan General Airport
Airport In Xingshan County - Yichang Three Gorges Airport
Yichang Sanxia Airport (Yichang Sanxia Airport, IATA: YIH, ICAO: ZHYC) is located at the junction of Yiting District, Yiling District and Zhijiang City, Yichang City, Hubei Province, China, 26 kilometers away from the city center and 55 kilometers away from the Three Gorges Dam   , is a 4D-level international tourist feeder airport, an important supporting project of the Three Gorges Project, and an international hub airport in the Three Gorges region   .
Yichang Three Gorges Airport was approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission on January 18, 1993.   ;The construction officially started in September 1994, and passed the national completion inspection in October 1996. On December 28, 1996, it obtained the airport use permit and officially opened to air.   ; On June 23, 2022, the airport T2 terminal will be opened   .
According to the official website of the airport in February 2022, the terminal area of ​​Yichang Three Gorges Airport is 14,816 square meters, the area of ​​the air cargo terminal is 96 square meters, and the civil aviation station has 21 aircraft seats; the runway is 3,200 meters long and 45 meters wide   .  
In 2018, Yichang Three Gorges Airport handled a total of 2,948,700 passengers, 24,800 aircraft movements, and 16,900 tons of cargo and mail, a year-on-year increase of 31.41%, 27.17%, and 25.42% respectively.  
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