Upper Vaitarana Dam | |
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Official name | Upper Vaitarana Dam D03188 |
Location | Igatpuri |
Coordinates | 19°48′52″N 73°32′34″E / 19.8143122°N 73.5428669°E |
Opening date | 1973[1] |
Owner(s) | Government of Maharashtra, India |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Earthfill Gravity |
Impounds | Vaitarna and Godavari rivers |
Height | 41 m (135 ft) |
Length | 2,531 m (8,304 ft) |
Dam volume | 1.520×10 6 m3 (53.7×10 6 cu ft) |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 0.332 km3 (0.080 cu mi) |
Surface area | 37.130 km2 (14.336 sq mi) |
Upper Vaitarana Dam, is an earthfill and gravity dam on west flowing Vaitarna river near Igatpuri, Nashik district of Maharashtra state in India.[1] The reservoir created by this dam spreads on both Vaitarna and Godavari rivers catchment area.