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The nearest airport to Ziro is Ziro Airport, which is an Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) of the Indian Air Force, [5] [6] and along with it, flights are operated by Alliance Air. [8] It is located in the main town of old Ziro. Other main and major airports lying in proximity to Ziro are North Lakhimpur in Assam (116 km) and Itanagar (133 km).
The buru or bura is an aquatic cryptic animal featured in a foundation myth of the Apatani people. [1] Stories of the migration of the Apatani to their present location in the Ziro Valley of Arunachal Pradesh tell of a swamp occupying the valley, inhabited by fierce, crocodile-like creatures. [2]
The district headquarters are located at Ziro.The district occupies an area of 3,460 km 2.. It is bounded on the north by the Upper Subansiri district of Arunachal, on the south by Papum Pare District of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, on the east by West Siang district and some part of Upper Subansiri, and on the west by East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.
The Apatanis [1] who inhabit a tranquil pine clad valley called Ziro at the core of Lower Subansiri District of Arunachal Pradesh, are famous for their unique practice of wet rice cultivation. [2] [3] [4] They are also known for their sustainable agricultural practices and the agricultural cycles govern their everyday lives. The agricultural ...
Ziro valley Arunachal's forests account for one-third of habitat area within the Himalayan biodiversity hot-spot. [ 69 ] In 2013, 31,273 km 2 (12,075 sq mi) of Arunachal's forests were identified as part of a vast area of continuous forests (65,730 km 2 or 25,380 sq mi, including forests in Myanmar, China and Bhutan) known as Intact forest ...
This has made the Ziro Valley a good example of a living cultural landscape where humans and the environment have harmoniously existed together in a state of interdependence even through changing times, such co-existence being nurtured by the traditional customs and spiritual belief systems. [7]
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In 1945, Izzard accompanied by naturalist C. R. Stonor took a pseudo-scientific expedition to the Silo (Ziro) Valley of Arunachal Pradesh to search for evidence for the Buru, a legendary lizard creature. [17] Izzard published a book, The Hunt for the Buru which presented the results of the expedition.