summer pastures
Warm-weather rangeland
Summer pastures are grazing lands used during warm months, typically at higher elevations where snow melts late and grass grows lush through summer.
The term belongs to pastoral and agricultural traditions where livestock move seasonally—up to summer pastures in spring, back to lowland winter quarters in fall.
This practice is called transhumance: The shepherds drove their flocks to the summer pastures in June.
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summer pastureswinter pastures
Seasonal grazing grounds, cold months
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