• Mesa
  • YueXi 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.

Yuexi County, which belongs to Anqing City, Anhui Province, is located in the hinterland of the Dabie Mountains, southwest of Anhui Province and west of Anqing City, bordering Qianshan City in the east, Yingshan County in Hubei Province in the west, Taihu County in the south and Shucheng County and Huoshan County in the north. The county lies between 115 °55 miles east longitude, 116 degrees 33 miles east longitude, and 31 degrees 11 degrees north latitude, with a total area of 2398 square kilometers. Yuexi County is known as Yuexi because of its "new county area suitable for living in the west of Qianyue (refers to the ancient southern mountain, that is, today's pillar mountain)." With beautiful mountains and rivers and 76% forest coverage, it is a national demonstration zone for ecological protection and construction, a national advanced county in scientific and technological progress, and a national garden county. It has five national 4A scenic spots, including Tianxia Scenic spot, Mingtang Mountain and Rainbow Waterfall, and Yaoluoping National Nature Reserve.
Airport In YueXi County - Anqing Tianzhushan Airport
Anqing Tianzhushan Airport (IATA: AQG, ICAO: ZSAQ), located in Xiangshan Village, Yixiu District, Anqing City, Anhui Province, China, 6 kilometers south of Anqing city center, is a 4C-level domestic military-civilian joint regional airport   .
On December 22, 1993, Anqing Airport opened civil aviation business; on October 18, 2005, Anqing Airport was renamed "Anqing Tianzhushan Airport"; on February 1, 2015, the index level of the flight area of ​​Anqing Tianzhushan Airport was changed to 4C   ; On July 18, 2022, the T2 terminal of Anqing Tianzhushan Airport will be opened   .
As of July 2022, the terminal building of Anqing Tianzhushan Airport covers an area of ​​13,928 square meters, with 4 boarding bridges; 6 C-class seats on the civil aviation apron; the runway is 2,800 meters long and 50 meters wide; Annual passenger throughput of 1.3 million passengers, cargo and mail throughput of 5,500 tons, and aircraft take-off and landing of 13,402 sorties     [twenty one]  .
In 2021, Anqing Tianzhushan Airport will handle a total of 596,482 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 38.2%, ranking 121st in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 2,899.4 tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%, ranking 87th in the country; sorties, a year-on-year increase of 35.6%, ranking 141st in the country   .
Travel Guides In YueXi County
Travel Sights In YueXi County
Travel Notes In YueXi County
Travel Asks In YueXi County
Travel Asks In YueXi County