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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: 
vic-falls

Chavuma

The Zambezi River flows at Chavuma are in recession, closing the period under review at 93m 3 /s as of 26 th October 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was at 63m 3 /s.

From:
13 October 2026
To:
26 October 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
13-Oct10274
14-Oct10172
15-Oct9972
16-Oct9970
17-Oct9968
18-Oct9868
19-Oct9866
20-Oct9765
21-Oct9664
22-Oct9664
23-Oct9666
24-Oct9665
25-Oct9464
26-Oct9363

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are steadily decreasing, with isolated rises due to the influence of localised rainfall activity, closing the period under review at 276m3/s as of 26th October 2026. The flow recorded last year on the same date was at 202m3/s.

From:
13 October 2026
To:
26 October 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
13-Oct299236
14-Oct299230
15-Oct295228
16-Oct292227
17-Oct287222
18-Oct285220
19-Oct282216
20-Oct285214
21-Oct282214
22-Oct282206
23-Oct280205
24-Oct280203
25-Oct277203
26-Oct276202

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 296m3/s as of 26th October 2026.  The flow observed on the same date last year was at 223m3/s.

From:
13 October 2026
To:
26 October 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2025/26)Flow (m3/s)(2024/25)
13-Oct329252
14-Oct328247
15-Oct324243
16-Oct321241
17-Oct316240
18-Oct315236
19-Oct313233
20-Oct310230
21-Oct307225
22-Oct306221
23-Oct304225
24-Oct301226
25-Oct296225
26-Oct296223