Explanation:

It is located on Godavari river at the site of Jayakwadi village in Paithan taluka of Aurangabad district in the Maharashtra State state of India.

Jayakwadi is one of the largest earthen dams in Asia. Its height is approx 41.30 m and length of 9,998 m (10 km approx) with total storage capacity 2,909 MCM (million cubic meters) and effective live storage capacity is 2,171 MCM. The total catchment area of dam is 21,750 km². There are total 27 water gates for the dam.

In the year 2017 it has entered in 43rd year of its life. It has in its lifetime overflowed only 17 times. On 10 August 2006 highest discharge of 250000 ft³/s was recorded.in India of maharashtra state district Aurangabad.