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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 increasing again steadily as the rainfall season progresses, closing the period under review at 2,821m3/s as of 27th February 2026, whilst last year on the same date it was lower at 1,964m3/s.

From:
14 February 2026
To:
25 February 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
14-Feb2,5211,488
15-Feb2,5951,606
16-Feb2,5751,713
17-Feb2,5901,790
18-Feb2,5021,821
19-Feb2,4341,783
20-Feb2,5181,729
21-Feb2,6181,673
22-Feb2,6191,661
23-Feb2,6191,673
24-Feb2,6511,740
25-Feb2,7181,821
26-Feb2,7861,906
27-Feb2,8211,964

Ngonye

Flows at Ngonye are increasing steadily, closing the period under review at 1,481m3/s as of 27th February 2026. The flow recorded last year on the same date was lower at 813m3/s.

From:
14 February 2026
To:
25 February 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
14-Feb985640
15-Feb1,014644
16-Feb1,031653
17-Feb1,059665
18-Feb1,087677
19-Feb1,092685
20-Feb1,115700
21-Feb1,126713
22-Feb1,151740
23-Feb1,196752
24-Feb1,243766
25-Feb1,311780
26-Feb1,390812
27-Feb1,481813

Victoria Falls (Nana’s Farm Station)

The Zambezi River flows at Victoria Falls – Nana’s Farm Station are increasing again as rainfall season progresses, closing the period under review at 1,124m3/s as of 27th February 2026.  The flow observed on the same date last year was lower at 719m3/s.

From:
14 February 2026
To:
25 February 2026
DateFlow (m3/s)(2024/25)Flow (m3/s)(2023/24)
14-Feb952575
15-Feb879575
16-Feb890587
17-Feb918591
18-Feb925598
19-Feb936606
20-Feb958615
21-Feb971624
22-Feb988650
23-Feb1,006664
24-Feb1,030680
25-Feb1,065692
26-Feb1,102705
27-Feb1,124719