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TRANSHUMANCE ORBIT [1 record]

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Record 1 1980-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Anthropology
CONT

The wanderings imposed on pastoralists by the necessities of forage and water tend to be cyclical and to follow long-established routes. The cycles are usually seasonal: to the lowlands in winter, to highlands in summer in temperate zones, to more arid areas in the wet season, to more watered regions in the dry season, and so on. [Anthropologists] call such established cyclical movements "transhumance orbits".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Anthropologie
CONT

[Chaque mare] est découpée, par usage social, en secteurs d'abreuvement qui correspondent aux points d'aboutissement des axes de transhumance des fractions nomadisant sur une même aire de transhumance.

OBS

transhumance: Migration périodique du bétail de la plaine, qui change de pacage en été et s'établit en montagne.

Spanish

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