Possibilities of budget method application to studies of ways and rates of matter movement within catchment are demonstrated with an example of stationary observation data of present-day geomorphic processes in the Protva drainage basin (centre of the Russian Plain). Areas of the matter removal and sedimentation in the basin are defined, relative importance of individual processes being assessed. Budget approach is strongly recommended in studies of geomorphic processes in different regions and environments by way of creation of united network of observation stations.