Hydrology Banner

Victoria Falls / Big Tree

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls which have been increasing due to second wave of incoming inflows from the upper Kariba catchment, have started decreasing and closing the period under review at 2,773m3/s on 20th May 2021. The flow observed on the same date last year was 3,793m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s) 2020/21Flow (m3/s) 2019/20
7/5/20212,8164,444
8/5/20212,8304,427
9/5/20212,8464,392
10/5/20212,8704,375
11/5/20212,8794,306
12/5/20212,8814,255
13/5/20212,8774,238
14/5/20212,8794,221
15/5/20212,8744,153
16/5/20212,8634,066
17/5/20212,8514,000
18/5/20212,8323,926
19/5/20212,8063,857
20/5/20212,7733,793
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
From: 
Friday, May 7, 2021
To: 
Thursday, May 20, 2021
Lake Levels Graphic: 
vic-falls

Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are decreasing steadily, closing the period under review at 2,584m3/s as of 5th May 2025, whilst last year on the same date it was much lower at 774m3/s.

From:
29 April 2025
To:
5 May 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
29-Apr3,065916
30-Apr3,103891
1-May3,074870
2-May2,971843
3-May2,842821
4-May2,695799
5-May2,584774
chavuma

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye peaked to 3,014m3/s on 2nd May 2025, before decreasing steadily, closing the period under review at 2,982m3/s as of 5th May 2025. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 880m3/s.

From:
29 April 2025
To:
5 May 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
29-Apr2,970834
30-Apr2,999839
1-May3,009852
2-May3,014860
3-May3,009867
4-May2,987877
5-May2,982880
ngonye

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are increasing steadily, closing the period under review at 2,635m3/s on 5th May 2025.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 735m3/s.

From:
29 April 2025
To:
5 May 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
29-Apr2,498711
30-Apr2,514716
1-May2,539723
2-May2,559726
3-May2,582724
4-May2,612729
5-May2,635735
vicfalls