What is Nomadic Herding?
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Explanation:
Nomadic Herding means when people migrate along with their animals from one place to another in search of fodder for the animals.
1. Nomadic herding is a primitive subsistence activity,in which the herders rely on animals for food, clothing,shelter,tools and transportation.
2. The herders move from one place to another along with their livestock.
3. People engaged in this activity graze animals on natural pastures and they move to fresh pastures as the grazing becomes more scarce in that area.
4. The nomadic herding is found in areas of Sahara, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan an dry lands of Mongolia and China.
5. The process of migration from plain areas to pastures on mountains during summer and again from mountain pastures to plain areas during winter is known as transhumance.
6. In the tundra regions, the nomadic herders move from south to north in summers and north to south in winters.