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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Farms, Agricultural Production Systems > farming systems > pastoralism > transhumance
Fields of Study > social sciences > sociology > society > rural society > pastoralism > transhumance
Preferred Term:

transhumance

Definition:
Seasonal movement of livestock from one grazing area to another, such as movement of sheep from mountain pastures to lowland pastures.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
pastoralism
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/57056
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