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Available in 74 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-74" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">74 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiding" title="Weiding – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Weiding" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%89" title="مرعى – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مرعى" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prau" title="Prau – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Prau" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otlaq" title="Otlaq – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Otlaq" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0" title="Паша – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Паша" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%88%D0%B0" title="Паша – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Паша" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5" title="Пасище – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Пасище" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woad" title="Woad – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Woad" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C5%A1njak" title="Pašnjak – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Pašnjak" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prat_de_pastura" title="Prat de pastura – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Prat de pastura" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastvina" title="Pastvina – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Pastvina" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sn mw-list-item"><a href="https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafuro" title="Mafuro – Shona" lang="sn" hreflang="sn" data-title="Mafuro" data-language-autonym="ChiShona" data-language-local-name="Shona" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ChiShona</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porfa" title="Porfa – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Porfa" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overdrev" title="Overdrev – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Overdrev" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weide_(Tierhaltung)" title="Weide (Tierhaltung) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Weide (Tierhaltung)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karjamaa" title="Karjamaa – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Karjamaa" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Βοσκότοπος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βοσκότοπος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasto_(ganader%C3%ADa)" title="Pasto (ganadería) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Pasto (ganadería)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C5%9Dtejo" title="Paŝtejo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Paŝtejo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larre" title="Larre – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Larre" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87" title="چراگاه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="چراگاه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2turage" title="Pâturage – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Pâturage" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AA%A9%EC%B4%88%EC%A7%80" title="목초지 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="목초지" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%B8%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%80" title="Արոտավայր – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Արոտավայր" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9" title="चरागाह – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="चरागाह" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa%C5%A1njak" title="Pašnjak – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Pašnjak" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebe_%E1%BB%8Bta_ah%E1%BB%8Bh%E1%BB%8Ba" title="Ebe ịta ahịhịa – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Ebe ịta ahịhịa" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hima" title="Hima – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hima" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beitiland" title="Beitiland – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Beitiland" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascolo" title="Pascolo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Pascolo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%94" title="מרעה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מרעה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AB%E1%83%9D%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98" title="საძოვარი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="საძოვარი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BC" title="Жайылым – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жайылым" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8B%D1%82" title="Жайыт – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Жайыт" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan%C4%ABbas" title="Ganības – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Ganības" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganykla" title="Ganykla – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Ganykla" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legel%C5%91" title="Legelő – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Legelő" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Пасиште – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Пасиште" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kijana" title="Kijana – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Kijana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padang_ragut" title="Padang ragut – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Padang ragut" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%87%D1%8D%D1%8D%D1%80" title="Бэлчээр – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Бэлчээр" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weiland" title="Weiland – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Weiland" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%89%A7%E8%8D%89%E5%9C%B0" title="牧草地 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="牧草地" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0" title="Байда – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Байда" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A4%C3%A4n" title="Fään – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Fään" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beite" title="Beite – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Beite" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beite" title="Beite – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Beite" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabiiy_yaylov" title="Tabiiy yaylov – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Tabiiy yaylov" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%B1%D8%A7%DA%AF%D8%A7%DB%81" title="چراگاہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="چراگاہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%85%DA%93%DA%81%D8%A7%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%DA%86%D8%B1" title="څړځای یا مالچر – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="څړځای یا مالچر" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weid_(Gr%C3%B6%C3%B6nland)" title="Weid (Gröönland) – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="Weid (Gröönland)" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastwisko" title="Pastwisko – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Pastwisko" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasto" title="Pasto – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Pasto" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C4%83%C8%99une" title="Pășune – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Pășune" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiy" title="Michiy – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Michiy" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%89%D0%B5" title="Пастбище – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Пастбище" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%8D%D1%87%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%8D%D2%A5" title="Мэччирэҥ – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Мэччирэҥ" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasture" title="Pasture – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Pasture" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasienok" title="Pasienok – Slovak" 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The vegetation of tended pasture, <a href="/wiki/Forage" title="Forage">forage</a>, consists mainly of <a href="/wiki/Grasses" class="mw-redirect" title="Grasses">grasses</a>, with an interspersion of <a href="/wiki/Legume" title="Legume">legumes</a> and other <a href="/wiki/Forb" title="Forb">forbs</a> (non-grass herbaceous plants). Pasture is typically grazed throughout the summer, in contrast to <a href="/wiki/Meadow" title="Meadow">meadow</a> which is ungrazed or used for grazing only after being <a href="/wiki/Mowing" class="mw-redirect" title="Mowing">mown</a> to make <a href="/wiki/Hay" title="Hay">hay</a> for animal <a href="/wiki/Fodder" title="Fodder">fodder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Pasture in a wider sense additionally includes <a href="/wiki/Rangeland" title="Rangeland">rangelands</a>, other unenclosed <a href="/wiki/Pastoralism" title="Pastoralism">pastoral systems</a>, and land types used by wild animals for <a href="/wiki/Grazing" title="Grazing">grazing</a> or <a href="/wiki/Browsing_(predation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Browsing (predation)">browsing</a>. Pasture lands in the narrow sense are distinguished from rangelands by being managed through more intensive agricultural practices of <a href="/wiki/Sowing" title="Sowing">seeding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">irrigation</a>, and the use of <a href="/wiki/Fertilizer" title="Fertilizer">fertilizers</a>, while rangelands grow primarily native vegetation, managed with extensive practices like <a href="/wiki/Controlled_burn" title="Controlled burn">controlled burning</a> and regulated intensity of grazing. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Soil" title="Soil">Soil</a> type, minimum annual <a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">temperature</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rainfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainfall">rainfall</a> are important factors in pasture management.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:World_Agricultural_Land_by_Use.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/World_Agricultural_Land_by_Use.svg/220px-World_Agricultural_Land_by_Use.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/World_Agricultural_Land_by_Use.svg/330px-World_Agricultural_Land_by_Use.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/World_Agricultural_Land_by_Use.svg/440px-World_Agricultural_Land_by_Use.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="428" /></a><figcaption>World agricultural land by use, permanent meadows and pastures and cropland</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pasture_in_Pennsylvania.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Pasture_in_Pennsylvania.jpg/220px-Pasture_in_Pennsylvania.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Pasture_in_Pennsylvania.jpg/330px-Pasture_in_Pennsylvania.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Pasture_in_Pennsylvania.jpg/440px-Pasture_in_Pennsylvania.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Hillside pasture in Pennsylvania.</figcaption></figure> <p>Sheepwalk is an area of <a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">grassland</a> where <a href="/wiki/Sheep" title="Sheep">sheep</a> can roam freely. The productivity of sheepwalk is measured by the number of sheep per area. This is dependent, among other things, on the underlying rock.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheepwalk is also the name of townlands in <a href="/wiki/County_Roscommon" title="County Roscommon">County Roscommon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/County_Fermanagh" title="County Fermanagh">County Fermanagh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. Unlike <a href="/wiki/Factory_farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Factory farming">factory farming</a>, which entails in its most intensive form entirely trough-feeding, managed or unmanaged pasture is the main food source for <a href="/wiki/Ruminants" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruminants">ruminants</a>. Pasture feeding dominates livestock farming where the land makes crop sowing or harvesting (or both) difficult, such as in arid or mountainous regions, where types of <a href="/wiki/Camel" title="Camel">camel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antelope" title="Antelope">antelope</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yak" title="Yak">yak</a> and other ruminants live which are well suited to the more hostile terrain and very rarely factory-farmed. In more humid regions, pasture grazing is managed across a large global area for <a href="/wiki/Free_range" title="Free range">free range</a> and <a href="/wiki/Organic_farming" title="Organic farming">organic farming</a>. Certain types of pasture suit the diet, <a href="/wiki/Natural_selection" title="Natural selection">evolution</a> and metabolism of particular animals, and their fertilising and tending of the land may over generations result in the pasture combined with the ruminants in question being integral to a particular <a href="/wiki/Ecosystem" title="Ecosystem">ecosystem</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Examples_of_pasture_habitats">Examples of pasture habitats</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pasture&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Examples of pasture habitats"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bocage" title="Bocage">Bocage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grassland" title="Grassland">Grassland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathland" class="mw-redirect" title="Heathland">Heathland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machair_(geography)" class="mw-redirect" title="Machair (geography)">Machair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maquis_shrubland" title="Maquis shrubland">Maquis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorland" title="Moorland">Moorland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pampas" title="Pampas">Pampas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potrero_(landform)" title="Potrero (landform)">Potrero (landform)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prairie" title="Prairie">Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rangeland" title="Rangeland">Rangeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rough_pasture" title="Rough pasture">Rough pasture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savanna" title="Savanna">Savanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sown_biodiverse_pasture" title="Sown biodiverse pasture">Sown biodiverse pasture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steppe" title="Steppe">Steppe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wood_pasture" class="mw-redirect" title="Wood pasture">Wood pasture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veld" title="Veld">Veld</a></li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Red_Hill_Farm_and_fields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_955276.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Red Hill Farm and fields sheep pasture at Bredenbury, Herefordshire, England"><img alt="Red Hill Farm and fields sheep pasture at Bredenbury, Herefordshire, England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Red_Hill_Farm_and_fields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_955276.jpg/250px-Red_Hill_Farm_and_fields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_955276.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Red_Hill_Farm_and_fields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_955276.jpg/375px-Red_Hill_Farm_and_fields_-_geograph.org.uk_-_955276.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Beverley_Minster_from_West_Pasture.jpg/375px-Beverley_Minster_from_West_Pasture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Beverley_Minster_from_West_Pasture.jpg/500px-Beverley_Minster_from_West_Pasture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A pasture in the <a href="/wiki/East_Riding_of_Yorkshire" title="East Riding of Yorkshire">East Riding of Yorkshire</a> in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 285px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 280px; height: 280px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bosco_Chiesanuova_(Grietz_Dossetti_Tinazzo)_Lessinia_VR_Italy_2013-04-01_photo_CTG_ACA_LESSINIA_Paolo_Villa_0055sp_04.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Snowy pasture at Bosco Chiesanuova in Italy"><img alt="Snowy pasture at Bosco Chiesanuova in Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bosco_Chiesanuova_%28Grietz_Dossetti_Tinazzo%29_Lessinia_VR_Italy_2013-04-01_photo_CTG_ACA_LESSINIA_Paolo_Villa_0055sp_04.jpg/250px-Bosco_Chiesanuova_%28Grietz_Dossetti_Tinazzo%29_Lessinia_VR_Italy_2013-04-01_photo_CTG_ACA_LESSINIA_Paolo_Villa_0055sp_04.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bosco_Chiesanuova_%28Grietz_Dossetti_Tinazzo%29_Lessinia_VR_Italy_2013-04-01_photo_CTG_ACA_LESSINIA_Paolo_Villa_0055sp_04.jpg/375px-Bosco_Chiesanuova_%28Grietz_Dossetti_Tinazzo%29_Lessinia_VR_Italy_2013-04-01_photo_CTG_ACA_LESSINIA_Paolo_Villa_0055sp_04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Bosco_Chiesanuova_%28Grietz_Dossetti_Tinazzo%29_Lessinia_VR_Italy_2013-04-01_photo_CTG_ACA_LESSINIA_Paolo_Villa_0055sp_04.jpg/500px-Bosco_Chiesanuova_%28Grietz_Dossetti_Tinazzo%29_Lessinia_VR_Italy_2013-04-01_photo_CTG_ACA_LESSINIA_Paolo_Villa_0055sp_04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Snowy pasture at <a href="/wiki/Bosco_Chiesanuova" title="Bosco Chiesanuova">Bosco Chiesanuova</a> in <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1808px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:GrazingCowsPasture.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Grazing cattle on a pasture near Hradec nad Moravicí in the Czech Republic"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/GrazingCowsPasture.jpg/1800px-GrazingCowsPasture.jpg" decoding="async" width="1800" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/GrazingCowsPasture.jpg/2700px-GrazingCowsPasture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/GrazingCowsPasture.jpg/3600px-GrazingCowsPasture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="14805" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:GrazingCowsPasture.jpg" title="File:GrazingCowsPasture.jpg"> </a></div>Grazing cattle on a pasture near <a href="/wiki/Hradec_nad_Moravic%C3%AD" title="Hradec nad Moravicí">Hradec nad Moravicí</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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