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Victoria Falls / Big Tree

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls are steadily decreasing with records of isolated rises due to rainfall activities being observed around the catchment of interest, closing the period under review at 164m3/s on 4th November 2024.  The flow observed on the same date last year was 268m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s)(2023/24)Flow (m3/s)(2022/23)
22-Oct193271
23-Oct190272
24-Oct186272
25-Oct186269
26-Oct184268
27-Oct184266
28-Oct180264
29-Oct178262
30-Oct174259
31-Oct169253
1-Nov163256
2-Nov162261
3-Nov162266
4-Nov164268
From: 
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
To: 
Monday, November 4, 2024
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