Jayakwadi Dam
Jayakwadi Dam is an earthen dam located on Godavari river at the site of Jayakwadi village in Paithan, India. It is a multipurpose project. The water is mainly used to irrigate agricultural land in the drought-prone Marathwada region of the state.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paithan.
Paithan
Paithan is a city in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Paithani is 56 km south of Aurangabad on the banks of Godavari River. It was known in the ancient times as 'Pratishthan', the capital city of Satavahana dynasty and major hub of commerce at that time.Jayakwadi Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in India
- Location: Paithan, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
19.48527° or 19° 29′ 7″ north
Longitude
75.3701° or 75° 22′ 12″ east
Elevation
460 metres (1,509 feet)
Open location code
7JFQF9PC+42
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Telugu—“Jayakwadi Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Jayakwadi”
- Hindi: “जायकवाड़ी परियोजना”
- Hindi: “जायकवाड़ी बाँध”
- Italian: “diga di Jayakwadi”
- Marathi: “जायकवाडी धरण”
- Swahili: “Bwawa la Jayakwadi”
- Swedish: “Jayakwadi”
- Telugu: “జయక్వాడి ఆనకట్ట”
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