• 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.

Yuanling County, which belongs to Huaihua City, Hunan Province, is located in the northwest of Hunan Province, in the middle reaches of the Yuan River, adjacent to Taoyuan and Anhua, known as "Xiangxi Gateway". With a total area of 5852 square kilometers, the county is the largest in Hunan Province. Yuanling was located in Yuanling County in the fifth year of Gaozu of Han Dynasty (202 BC). It was once the political, economic and cultural center of Xiangxi. Yuanling County has jurisdiction over 23 townships, including Han, Miao, Tujia, Hui, Bai and other 25 ethnic groups, with a population of 670000 (2013). The processing of hydropower, mineral and forest agricultural products are the three pillar industries in Yuanling, with the largest hydropower reserves in Hunan Province and one of the top ten hydropower bases in China. The annual output of gold ranks first in Hunan Province, with mineral reserves such as lead, zinc, antimony, tungsten, copper, phosphorus and stone coal.
Airport In Yuanling County - Huaihua Zhijiang Airport
Huaihua Zhijiang Airport (Huaihua Zhijiang Airport, IATA: HJJ, ICAO: ZGCJ), referred to as "Zhijiang Airport", is located in the eastern suburb of Zhijiang Dong Autonomous County, Huaihua City, Hunan Province, 31 kilometers northeast of Huaihua City, northwest of Zhijiang Jiang Station is 5 kilometers away. It is a 4C-level military-civilian joint feeder airport. The predecessor of the airport "Zhijiang Airport" is known as "the second largest strategic airport in the Far East".     .
In October 1938, Zhijiang Airport was completed and opened to navigation   ; In January 2003, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport officially started construction; on December 19, 2005, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport officially opened to navigation; on March 30, 2017, the runway of Huaihua Zhijiang Airport was extended to 2600 meters   .
As of February 2021, the temporary terminal of Huaihua Zhijiang Airport has an area of ​​2,000 square meters, and the area of ​​the civil aviation station is 27,065 square meters. There are 3 C-class seats and 1 B-class seat; the runway is 2,600 meters long, 45 meters; can guarantee the use demand of 400,000 passenger throughput and 9,600 tons of cargo and mail throughput in 2020     .
In 2021, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport will complete an annual passenger throughput of 349,195 passengers, a year-on-year decrease of 9.6%, ranking 157th in the country; cargo and mail throughput of 7.6 tons, a year-on-year decrease of 36.8%, ranking 215th in the country; aircraft movements of 32,886 sorties, a year-on-year increase of 47.6%, ranking 71st in the country   .
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