Definitions for transhumance
trænsˈhyu məns, trænz-; often -ˈyu-tran·shu·mance

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1. transhumancenoun

   the moving of cattle or other grazing animals to new pastures, often quite distant, according to the change in season

2. Etymology: French transhumance, ultimately from Latin trans + humus ‘ground’.

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1. Transhumance

   Transhumance is a type of pastoralism or nomadism, a seasonal movement of livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions (vertical transhumance), it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower valleys in winter. Herders have a permanent home, typically in valleys. Generally only the herds travel, with a certain number of people necessary to tend them, while the main population stays at the base. In contrast, horizontal transhumance is more susceptible to being disrupted by climatic, economic, or political change.Traditional or fixed transhumance has occurred throughout the inhabited world, particularly Europe and western Asia. It is often important to pastoralist societies, as the dairy products of transhumance flocks and herds (milk, butter, yogurt and cheese) may form much of the diet of such populations. In many languages there are words for the higher summer pastures, and frequently these words have been used as place names: e.g. hafod in Wales and shieling in Scotland, or alp in German-speaking regions of Switzerland.

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1. Transhumance

   Transhumance is the seasonal movement of people with their livestock between fixed summer and winter pastures. In montane regions it implies movement between higher pastures in summer and lower valleys in winter. Herders have a permanent home, typically in valleys. Only the herds travel, with the people necessary to tend them. In contrast, horizontal transhumance is more susceptible to being disrupted by climatic, economic or political change. Traditional or fixed transhumance occurs or has occurred throughout the inhabited world, particularly Europe and Southwest Asia. It is often of high importance to pastoralist societies, the dairy products of transhumance flocks and herds often forming much of the diet of such populations. In many languages there are words for the higher summer pastures and frequently these are found as placenames: e.g. Hafod in Wales. The term "transhumance" is also occasionally used for nomadic pastoralism – migration of people and livestock over longer distances.

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1. transhumance

   Transhumance is a process of migration which triggers the act of moving in search of pastures along with the livestock to a mountainous area during summers and plain areas during winter.

   Eg: In the tundra region, the nomads tend to move from south to north in summers and north to south in winters

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on April 13, 2020  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of transhumance in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of transhumance in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Transhumance
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumance
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=transhumance