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Victoria Falls / Big Tree

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls are steadily increasing with records of fluctuation due to rainfall activities being observed around the catchment of interest, closing the period under review at 458m3/s on 20th January 2025.  The flow observed on the same date last year was higher at 660m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
7-Jan325527
8-Jan351531
9-Jan351538
10-Jan347547
11-Jan349559
12-Jan356570
13-Jan378579
14-Jan397591
15-Jan401606
16-Jan415623
17-Jan420641
18-Jan431654
19-Jan441658
20-Jan458660
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
From: 
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
To: 
Monday, January 20, 2025
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