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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
Victoria Falls / Big Tree
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 rising steadily, with records of fluctuations being observed due to the influence of local rainfall activity, closing the period under review at 108m3/s as of 20th November 2025, whilst last year on the same date it was lower at 73m3/s.

From:
7 November 2025
To:
20 November 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
7-Nov7363
8-Nov7463
9-Nov7565
10-Nov7864
11-Nov8264
12-Nov8464
13-Nov8769
14-Nov9271
15-Nov9472
16-Nov9772
17-Nov9872
18-Nov10272
19-Nov10673
20-Nov10873

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are increasing with records of fluctuation being observed due to local rainfall activity, closing the period under review at 288m3/s as of 20th November 2025. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 230m3/s.

From:
7 November 2025
To:
20 November 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
7-Nov213173
8-Nov220176
9-Nov219183
10-Nov224186
11-Nov226242
12-Nov238191
13-Nov241198
14-Nov253202
15-Nov257222
16-Nov274235
17-Nov276236
18-Nov282229
19-Nov286227
20-Nov288230

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are steadily rising, closing the period under review at 269m3/s as of 20th November 2025.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 216m3/s.

From:
7 November 2025
To:
20 November 2025
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
7-Nov216168
8-Nov216170
9-Nov217172
10-Nov219171
11-Nov226172
12-Nov226178
13-Nov225180
14-Nov231184
15-Nov240191
16-Nov254203
17-Nov257204
18-Nov260206
19-Nov265211
20-Nov269216