The document describes the Water Cycle Algorithm (WCA), a nature-inspired metaheuristic optimization algorithm. It presents the key steps of the WCA, which simulates the natural water cycle process. Initial solutions are generated randomly as raindrops. The raindrops flow into rivers based on intensity calculations, and rivers flow into the sea, the lowest point. Positions are exchanged if better solutions are found. Evaporation and raining processes improve solutions until convergence is reached. The WCA is compared to other metaheuristics, with rivers guiding solutions and resemblance to genetic mutation.