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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
From: 
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
To: 
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Lake Levels Graphic: 

Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are receding, closing the period under review at 333m3/s as of 7th July 2025, whilst last year on the same date it was much lower at 222m3/s.

From:
24 June 2025
To:
7 July 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
24-Jun415270
25-Jun407266
26-Jun401261
27-Jun394257
28-Jun385254
29-Jun379249
30-Jun371246
1-Jul366245
2-Jul360241
3-Jul354237
4-Jul351234
5-Jul344230
6-Jul338225
7-Jul333222
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Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are receding, closing the period under review at 1,177m3/s as of 7th July 2025. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 548m3/s.

From:
24 June 2025
To:
7 July 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
24-Jun1,575692
25-Jun1,541678
26-Jun1,508663
27-Jun1,475649
28-Jun1,446640
29-Jun1,394629
30-Jun1,379612
1-Jul1,336602
2-Jul1,321593
3-Jul1,295584
4-Jul1,267573
5-Jul1,239566
6-Jul1,208557
7-Jul1,177548
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Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are in recession, closing the period under review at 1,506m3/s as of 7th July 2025.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 555m3/s.

From:
24 June 2025
To:
7 July 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
24-Jun2,059748
25-Jun2,011727
26-Jun1,952706
27-Jun1,909685
28-Jun1,864667
29-Jun1,820648
30-Jun1,780637
1-Jul1,744623
2-Jul1,700609
3-Jul1,663597
4-Jul1,624586
5-Jul1,582575
6-Jul1,545564
7-Jul1,506555
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