中华人民共和国成立以前,新疆没有建立独立的水文站网,因此,水文资料,尤其是古代水文资料极为缺乏。研究新疆水旱灾害规律,只有依靠历史文献的记载。但这类资料往往有限,而且又特别分散,不易利用。为弥补这一缺憾,自治区水利厅《水利志》编辑室积极整理收集有关资料,编汇《新疆维吾尔自治区洪旱自然灾害史料》。在这一阶段性成果里, Before the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Xinjiang did not establish an independent network of hydrological stations. Therefore, hydrological data, especially ancient hydrological data, were extremely scarce. Research on the law of floods and droughts in Xinjiang can only rely on the historical records. However, such information is often limited, but it is also very scattered and not easily accessible. To make up for this shortcoming, the editorial office of Water Conservancy Bureau of the Water Resources Department of the autonomous region has compiled and collected relevant materials actively and compiled the Historical Materials of Natural Disasters of Drought and Flood in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In this stage of the results,