Nomad

Pastoral nomads campin near Namtso in 2005. In Tibet, nomads constitute aboot 40% o ethnic Tibetan population.

A nomad (Greek: νομάς, nomas, plural νομάδες, nomades; meanin ane roamin aboot for pastur, pastoral tribe), is a member o a community o fowk who move frae ane place tae anither, either wi their livestock (pastoral nomads) or subsistin on huntin an gatherin. Nomadism is a lifestyle adaptit tae infertile regions such as steppe, tundra, or ice an sand, whaur mobility is the maist efficient strategy for exploitin scarce resoorces. As o 1995, thare wur an estimatit 30–40 million nomads in the warld.