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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.

Zaoyang, a county-level city, is hosted by Xiangyang City, located in the northwest of Hubei Province, east of the confluence of the Tangbai River into the Han River, bordering Suizhou in the east, Xiangzhou District in the west, Yicheng in the south, Tanghe County in Henan Province in the north, Tongbai County in Henan Province in the northeast and Xinye County in Henan Province in the northwest. Zaoyang City has a total area of 3277 square kilometers. By the end of 2016, it had jurisdiction over 3 streets and 12 towns, with a total population of 1.1406 million. In 2016, the city's GDP reached 58 billion yuan, an increase of 9.9 percent over 2015. The topography of Zaoyang City is mainly hilly and hilly, and the northeast and south respectively belong to Tongbai Mountain and Dahong Mountain. The hills are undulating and the terrain is inclined from northeast to southwest. It belongs to subtropical continental monsoon climate, cold in winter and hot in summer, mild in spring and autumn, and divided into four seasons.
Airport In Zaoyang - Xiangyang Liuji Airport
Xiangyang Liuji Airport (Xiangyang Liuji Airport, IATA: XFN, ICAO: ZHXF), referred to as Xiangyang Airport, is located in Liuji Street, Xiangzhou District, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province, China, 18 kilometers west of the center of Xiangyang. It is a 4D-level civil feeder airport , temporary air port airport   .
On July 1, 1987, the construction of Xiangyang Liuji Airport started; on December 14, 1989, Xiangyang Liuji Airport opened to traffic; on October 29, 2017, the T2 terminal of Xiangyang Liuji Airport was put into use   ; On August 17, 2019, Xiangyang Liuji Airport opened a temporary air port for the first time   .
According to the official website of the airport in August 2020, the T2 terminal of Xiangyang Liuji Airport covers an area of ​​20,000 square meters; there is a runway with a length of 2,600 meters; there are 12 aircraft seats on the civil aviation platform, of which 3 are Class D aircraft seats. Nine are C-class seats; it can meet the needs of annual passenger throughput of 2.2 million, annual cargo and mail throughput of 15,000 tons, and annual aircraft take-off and landing of 20,000 sorties   .
In 2021, Xiangyang Liuji Airport will handle 1,742,022 passengers, a year-on-year increase of 43.4%, ranking 68th in the country; cargo and mail throughput will be 3,059.4 tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%, ranking 85th in the country; aircraft take-offs and landings will reach 71,531 , a year-on-year decrease of 3.1%, ranking 45th in the country   .
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