Abstract: Studies aimed at reconstructing the chronology of historical floods in a region assume an important role in flood hazard assessment, especially for flood prone regions like the Kashmir Valley. This is usually done through the review of historical documents and/or palaeohydrological studies; the latter allows access far beyond historical records. While as, archival scribes offer particularly valuable insights into attributes of hydrological extremes in the recent past. The Kashmir Valley has contours of its own in the field of historical hydrolo...
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Physical geography