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Victoria Falls / Big Tree

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls are decreasing, closing the period under review at 303m3/s on 3rd October 2022. The flow observed on the same date last year was 338m3/s.

DateFlow (m3/s)(2021/22)Flow (m3/s)(2020/21)
9/20/2022345389
9/21/2022340385
9/22/2022339384
9/23/2022334377
9/24/2022333374
9/25/2022328370
9/26/2022325365
9/27/2022323360
9/28/2022318356
9/29/2022313353
9/30/2022309351
10/1/2022308344
10/2/2022305341
10/3/2022303338
From: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2022
To: 
Monday, October 3, 2022
Lake Levels Graphic: 
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Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are increasing as the rainfall season progresses, closing the period under review at 3,592m3/s as of 16th March 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was lower at 2,073m3/s.

From:
3 March 2026
To:
16 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
3-Mar2,8102,039
4-Mar2,8252,062
5-Mar2,9182,078
6-Mar2,9692,085
7-Mar2,9472,076
8-Mar2,9342,086
9-Mar2,9492,089
10-Mar3,0582,088
11-Mar3,1222,026
12-Mar3,1702,018
13-Mar3,1801,998
14-Mar3,1641,972
15-Mar3,2982,023
16-Mar3,5922,073

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are increasing, closing the period under review at 4,160m3/s as of 16th March 2026. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 1,804m3/s.

From:
3 March 2026
To:
16 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
3-Mar2,232890
4-Mar2,536926
5-Mar2,871946
6-Mar3,289973
7-Mar3,6921,007
8-Mar3,9831,023
9-Mar4,1171,083
10-Mar4,1011,122
11-Mar4,0871,194
12-Mar4,0711,285
13-Mar4,0631,400
14-Mar4,0871,522
15-Mar4,1091,665
16-Mar4,1601,804

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are increasing as rainfall season progresses, closing the period under review at 3,061m3/s as of 16th March 2026.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 965m3/s.

From:
3 March 2026
To:
16 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
3-Mar1,228769
4-Mar1,421787
5-Mar1,323805
6-Mar1,357822
7-Mar1,397836
8-Mar1,462845
9-Mar1,540856
10-Mar1,645871
11-Mar1,800879
12-Mar2,023888
13-Mar2,281903
14-Mar2,544925
15-Mar2,787942
16-Mar3,061965