• 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.

Zigui County, subordinate to Yichang City, Hubei Province, is located in the west of Hubei Province, on both sides of Xiling Gorge of the Yangtze River, the dam head of the three Gorges Project, bordering Yiling District in the east, Changyang Tujia Autonomous County in the south, Badong County in the west and Xingshan County in the north; it belongs to the three Gorges mountain landform of the Yangtze River, with undulating hills and valleys crisscrossing the river valleys; it is a subtropical continental monsoon climate with warm and humid climate, sufficient light, abundant rainfall and four distinct seasons. By the end of 2018, Zigui County covers an area of 2427 square kilometers and has jurisdiction over 12 townships, 8 neighborhood committees, 186 administrative villages and 1111 village (residential) groups. The county government is stationed in Maoping Town, with a total population of 370788. The name of Zigui County comes from "Shuijing Notes". Qu Yuan has a virtuous sister who has been banished from the original and has come to return, because the name is called "sister return", and "Yi" is played by "sister".
Airport In Zigui 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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