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 2,555m³/s on 26^th May 2021. The flow observed on the same date last year was 3,412m³/s.


Date	Flow (m3/s) 2020/21	Flow (m3/s) 2019/20
13/5/2021	2,877	4,238
14/5/2021	2,879	4,221
15/5/2021	2,874	4,153
16/5/2021	2,863	4,066
17/5/2021	2,851	4,000
18/5/2021	2,832	3,926
19/5/2021	2,806	3,857
20/5/2021	2,773	3,793
21/5/2021	2,743	3,762
22/5/2021	2,720	3,699
23/5/2021	2,671	3,636
24/5/2021	2,623	3,575
25/5/2021	2,584	3,514
26/5/2021	2,555	3,412

From:

Thursday, May 13, 2021

To:

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Lake Levels Graphic:

Chavuma

Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are in recession, with a record of isolated rise due to rainfall activity within the catchment of interest, closing the period under review at 52m³/s on 28^th October 2024 whilst last year on the same date it was 84m³/s.

From:

15 October 2024

To:

28 October 2024


Date	Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)	Flow (m3/s)(2022/23)
15-Oct	57	72
16-Oct	56	74
17-Oct	55	73
18-Oct	55	72
19-Oct	55	73
20-Oct	54	72
21-Oct	53	75
22-Oct	52	75
23-Oct	52	77
24-Oct	51	77
25-Oct	51	80
26-Oct	55	79
27-Oct	53	83
28-Oct	52	84

Nana's Farm

The Zambezi River flows at Nana’s Farm, located some 33km upstream of Victoria Falls (typically the same reach) have steadily been decreasing with a records of isolated rises due to rainfall activities being observed around the catchment of interest, closing the period under review at 180m³/s on 28^th October 2024. The flow observed on the same date last year was 264m³/s.

From:

15 October 2024

To:

28 October 2024


Date	Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)	Flow (m3/s)(2022/23)
15-Oct	197	289
16-Oct	195	290
17-Oct	196	290
18-Oct	197	285
19-Oct	197	280
20-Oct	196	274
21-Oct	195	272
22-Oct	193	271
23-Oct	190	272
24-Oct	186	272
25-Oct	186	269
26-Oct	184	268
27-Oct	184	266
28-Oct	180	264

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye have been decreasing, closing the period under review at 164m³/s as of 28^th October 2024. The flow recorded last year on the same date was 256m³/s.

From:

15 October 2024

To:

28 October 2024


Date	Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)	Flow (m3/s)(2022/23)
15-Oct	196	271
16-Oct	186	271
17-Oct	185	270
18-Oct	182	270
19-Oct	178	261
20-Oct	176	259
21-Oct	175	261
22-Oct	173	257
23-Oct	171	261
24-Oct	171	258
25-Oct	169	256
26-Oct	164	254
27-Oct	164	253
28-Oct	164	256