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Victoria Falls / Big Tree

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls have continued increasing steadily due to local rainfall activity and inflow from the Upper Catchment, closing the period under review at 579 m3/s on 31st December 2020. The flow observed on the same date last year was 340m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s) 2020Flow (m3/s) 2019
18/12/2020490282
19/12/2020496290
20/12/2020501294
21/12/2020501298
22/12/2020513302
23/12/2020519306
24/12/2020536315
25/12/2020536323
26/12/2020542319
27/12/2020548323
28/12/2020560327
29/12/2020566332
30/12/2020573336
31/12/2020579340
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
From: 
Friday, December 18, 2020
To: 
Thursday, December 31, 2020
Lake Levels Graphic: 
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Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are steadily decreasing, closing the period under review at 535m3/s as of 9th June 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was at 591m3/s. 

From:
27 May 2026
To:
9 June 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
27-May737870
28-May718842
29-May698818
30-May679798
31-May663770
1-Jun645750
2-Jun629728
3-Jun615705
4-Jun598685
5-Jun587664
6-Jun576643
7-Jun562627
8-Jun548611
9-Jun535591

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are steadily decreasing, closing the period under review at 1,818m3/s as of 9th June 2026. The flow recorded last year on the same date was at 2,170m3/s.

From:
27 May 2026
To:
9 June 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
27-May23602713
28-May23132683
29-May22632657
30-May22232610
31-May21752575
1-Jun21312517
2-Jun20852494
3-Jun20442437
4-Jun20062389
5-Jun19652344
6-Jun19292306
7-Jun18872246
8-Jun18512217
9-Jun18182170

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are steadily decreasing, closing the period under review at 2,371m3/s as of 9th June 2026.  The flow observed on the same date last year was at 2,639m3/s.

From:
27 May 2026
To:
9 June 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
27-May29912790
28-May29452794
29-May29052790
30-May28652790
31-May28512785
1-Jun27502776
2-Jun27202766
3-Jun26622764
4-Jun26262748
5-Jun25752738
6-Jun25192729
7-Jun24692708
8-Jun24202678
9-Jun23712639