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This textbook is primarily designed for undergraduate engineering students pursuing a course on Hydrology. It is also useful for an advanced undergraduate or a postgraduate course. The book covers fundamental concepts in a simplified manner for in-depth understanding. Scientists and practicing engineers will equally find this book helpful as it illustrates practical applications for efficient water resources management. Key Features: 1. Exhaustive and systematic treatment of the hydrological processes such as precipitation and its abstraction in the form of interception, depression, evaporation, transpiration, and infiltration; runoff and its estimation; hydrograph analysis and routing; occurrence and movement of groundwater; and irrigation 2. Separate chapters with in-depth coverage of statistical methods in hydrology and advanced measurement techniques 3. Online links to hydrological and meteorological databases for enhanced learning 4. Over 680 chapter-end exercises and 76 solved examples to illustrate the underlying concepts and techniques effectively Pedagogy 1. 76 Solved Examples 2. 461 Objective-type Questions 3. 126 Descriptive Questions 4. 100 Numerical Questions Talking Points: 1. Complete book on engineering Hydrology 2. Dedicated chapter on statistical methods in hydrology and advanced measurement techniques 3. Coverage on latest emerging topics