Topics: Engineering Hydrology, hydrologic cycle, Water-budget formation, world water balance, precipitation, Rain gauge network, Rainfall, evaporation process, evaporimeters, reservoir evaporation, transpiration, evapotranspiration, actual evapotranspiration, infiltration, infiltration capacity, streamflow measurement, acoustic doppler current profiler, hydrograph, runoff, hydrographs, base flow separation, effective rainfall, unit hydrograph, floods, flood-frequency studies, design flood, design storm, flood routing, hydrologic storage routing, level pool routing, flood control, groundwater, well hydraulics, aquifers, open wells, well loss, specific capacity, sea-water intrusion, erosion, reservoir sedimentation, process, channel erosion, trap efficiency