Jayakwadi Dam was built over which river of Maharashtra ........

Maharashtra Geography and Environment

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Jayakwadi Dam was built over which river of Maharashtra?

Krishna river

Bhima river

Godavari river

None of these

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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 a total storage capacity 2,909 MCM (million cubic meters) and effective live storage capacity is 2,171 MCM. The total catchment area of the dam is 21,750 km². There are total of 27 water gates for the dam.