Water budget

{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-010100",
  "term": "Water budget",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "An accounting of the inputs, outputs, and storage changes of water within a defined system, such as a watershed, a region, or the entire Earth. It considers processes like precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, runoff, and groundwater flow. A balanced water budget implies that inputs equal outputs plus changes in storage over a given period.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/water-budget/"
}