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Victoria Falls / Big Tree

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls have been increasing steadily due to the influence of local rainfall activity, closing the period under review at 1,157m3/s on 7th March 2022. The flow observed on the same date last year was 3,514m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s)(2021/22)Flow (m3/s)(2020/21)
2/22/20221,0502,008
2/23/20221,0672,119
2/24/20221,0652,209
2/25/20221,0692,326
2/26/20221,0742,446
2/27/20221,0772,570
2/28/20221,0822,672
3/1/20221,0912,776
3/2/20221,0992,910
3/3/20221,1163,076
3/4/20221,1233,218
3/5/20221,1303,305
3/6/20221,1433,453
3/7/20221,1573,514
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
From: 
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
To: 
Monday, March 7, 2022
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