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Victoria Falls

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls are decreasing, closing the period under review at 2,069m3/s on 11th April 2023. The flow observed on the same date last year was 2,398m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s)(2022/23)Flow (m3/s)(2021/22)
29 March2,3122,195
30 March2,2902,225
31 March2,2712,257
01 April2,2552,273
02 April2,2402,288
03 April2,2272,297
04 April2,2062,310
05 April2,1822,325
06 April2,1652,345
07 April2,1522,363
08 April2,1352,382
09 April2,1142,394
10 April2,0862,387
11 April2,0692,398
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
From: 
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
To: 
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Lake Levels Graphic: 

Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are decreasing, closing the period under review at 728m3/s as of 2nd June 2025, whilst last year on the same date it was much lower at 379m3/s.

From:
27 May 2025
To:
2 June 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
27-May870427
28-May842418
29-May818408
30-May798399
31-May770393
1-Jun750385
2-Jun728379
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Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are decreasing steadily, closing the period under review at 2,494m3/s as of 2nd June 2025. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 1,050m3/s.

From:
27 May 2025
To:
2 June 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
27-May2,7131,059
28-May2,6831,069
29-May2,6571,059
30-May2,6101,055
31-May2,5751,054
1-Jun2,5171,052
2-Jun2,4941,050
ngonye

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are decreasing steadily, closing the period under review at 2,766m3/s as of 2nd June 2025.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 926m3/s.

From:
27 May 2025
To:
2 June 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
27-May2,790893
28-May2,794898
29-May2,790904
30-May2,790909
31-May2,785917
1-Jun2,776920
2-Jun2,766926
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