The Hydrological Cycle

Drainage Basin

Catchment Area

Watershed

Confluence

Tributary

Distributary

Estuary

Channel

Interfluve

Evaporation

Evapotranspiration

Transpiration

Precipitation

Percolation

Interception

Throughflow

Stem-flow

Surface Storage

Infiltration

Soil Water Storage

Groundwater Storage

Vegetation Storage

Surface Run-Off

Groundwater Flow

Channel Storage

Channel Flow

Channel Run-off