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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 decreasing after peaking to 3,851m3/s as at 18th March 2026, before dropping to 3,136m3/s at the close of the period under review of 23rd March 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was lower at 2,722m3/s.

From:
10 March 2026
To:
23 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
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
17-Mar3,8052,101
18-Mar3,8512,148
19-Mar3,7732,244
20-Mar3,6262,390
21-Mar3,4322,538
22-Mar3,2712,677
23-Mar3,1362,722

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are increasing, closing the period under review at 4,286m3/s as of 23rd March 2026. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 2,201m3/s.

From:
10 March 2026
To:
23 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
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
17-Mar4,1961,902
18-Mar4,2071,995
19-Mar4,1992,062
20-Mar4,1902,101
21-Mar4,2532,142
22-Mar4,2702,179
23-Mar4,2862,201

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 4,090m3/s as of 23rd March 2026.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 1,216m3/s.

From:
10 March 2026
To:
23 March 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
10-Mar1,645871
11-Mar1,800879
12-Mar2,023888
13-Mar2,281903
14-Mar2,544925
15-Mar2,787942
16-Mar3,061965
17-Mar3,313984
18-Mar3,5561,012
19-Mar3,7021,049
20-Mar3,8401,080
21-Mar3,9661,123
22-Mar4,0351,160
23-Mar4,0901,216