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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Fields of Study
  2. sociology
  3. society
  4. rural society
  5. pastoralism
  6. transhumance
  1. Farms, Agricultural Production Systems
  2. farming systems
  3. pastoralism
  4. transhumance

Preferred term

transhumance

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information Seasonal movement of livestock from one grazing area to another, such as movement of sheep from mountain pastures to lowland pastures.

    Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

In other languages

  • trashumancia

    Spanish

  • ganadería trashumante
  • pastoreo trashumante

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/57056

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