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Victoria Falls

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls are decreasing, closing the period under review at 2,069m3/s on 11th April 2023. The flow observed on the same date last year was 2,398m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s)(2022/23)Flow (m3/s)(2021/22)
29 March2,3122,195
30 March2,2902,225
31 March2,2712,257
01 April2,2552,273
02 April2,2402,288
03 April2,2272,297
04 April2,2062,310
05 April2,1822,325
06 April2,1652,345
07 April2,1522,363
08 April2,1352,382
09 April2,1142,394
10 April2,0862,387
11 April2,0692,398
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
From: 
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
To: 
Tuesday, April 11, 2023
Lake Levels Graphic: 

Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are steadily increasing, closing the period under review at 3,312m3/s as of 7th April 2025, whilst last year on the same date it was much lower at 475m3/s.

From:
7 April 2025
To:
7 April 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
1-Apr2,607403
2-Apr2,696410
3-Apr2,796418
4-Apr2,964434
5-Apr3,010440
6-Apr3,106458
7-Apr3,312475
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Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are increasing steadily, closing the period under review at 2,337m3/s as of 7th April 2025. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 749m3/s.

From:
1 April 2025
To:
7 April 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
1-Apr2,268736
2-Apr2,268740
3-Apr2,281744
4-Apr2,283733
5-Apr2,299740
6-Apr2,324746
7-Apr2,337749
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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 1,983m3/s on 7th April 2025.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 657m3/s.

From:
1 April 2025
To:
7 April 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
1-Apr1,776674
2-Apr1,822672
3-Apr1,872670
4-Apr1,909665
5-Apr1,946664
6-Apr1,967664
7-Apr1,983657
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