• 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.

Yiling District, known as Yiling in ancient times, belongs to Yichang City, Hubei Province, connecting Yuanan County and Dangyang to the east, Zigui County and Xingshan to the west, Zhijiang and Changyang to the south, and Baokang to the north, 103 kilometers from north to south and 77 kilometers from east to west. Yiling District, with a total area of 3424 square kilometers and a population of 521481, has jurisdiction over 1 street, 1 development zone, 1 new area, 8 towns and 3 townships. It is the largest and most populous administrative district in Yichang. District people's government resident Xiaoxita subdistrict office. In November 2016, Yiling District of Yichang City was rated as the second batch of national global tourism demonstration zones by the National Tourism Administration. The gross domestic product (GDP) of Yiling District in 2014 is 44.124 billion yuan. The first batch of national experimental and demonstration areas for sustainable agricultural development. December 14, 2017
Airport In Yiling District - 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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