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Dnyanganga Dam

dam in India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ5623992 ↗
Source-derived summary

Dnyanganga Dam, is an earthfill dam on Dnyanganga river near Khamgaon, Buldhana district in the state of Maharashtra in India.

Specifications

The height of the dam above lowest foundation is 35.73 m (117.2 ft) while the length is 639 m (2,096 ft). The volume content is 1,380 km3 (330 cu mi) and gross storage capacity is 36,270.00 km3 (8,701.64 cu mi).

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The public source identifies “Dnyanganga Dam” as dam in India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Dnyanganga and India.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5623992. Authority coordinates are 20.540, 76.416. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Dnyanganga Dam” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.