Who introduced the term barchan into scientific literature?
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sand dune
Sand dunes in the Sahara, Morocco.
The term barchan was introduced into scientific literature in 1881 by the Russian naturalist Alexander von Middendorf. The name itself originated in Turkistan, a region where these crescent-shaped sand dunes are characteristic.1