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{{Infobox dam<br />
| name = Pethwadaj Dam<br />
| image = <br />
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| name_official = Pethwadaj Dam D01397<br />
| dam_crosses = local river<br />
| location = Kandhar <br />
| dam_type = [[Dam#Earth-fill dams|Earthfill]]<br />
| dam_length = {{convert|1260|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| dam_height = {{convert|19.5|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| dam_width_base = <br />
| dam_width_crest = <br />
| dam_volume = {{convert|495|km3|abbr=on}}<br />
| spillway_type = <br />
| spillway_capacity = <br />
| construction_began = <br />
| opening = 1980<ref>{{cite web | url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Pethwadaj_D01397 | title=Pethwadaj D01397 | accessdate=20 March 2013 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
| cost = <br />
| owner = [[Government of Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| res_name = <br />
| res_capacity_total = {{convert|9040|km3|abbr=on}}<br />
| res_catchment = <br />
| res_surface = {{convert|2970|km2|abbr=on}}<br />
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| location_map = India Maharashtra<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|18.775361|77.3176256|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
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'''Pethwadaj Dam''' is an [[dam#Earth-fill dams|earthfill]] dam on local river near [[Kandhar]], [[Nanded district]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]].<br />
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==Specifications==<br />
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is {{convert|19.5|m|abbr=on}} while the length is {{convert|1260|m|abbr=on}}. The volume content is {{convert|495|km3|abbr=on}} and gross storage capacity is {{convert|11600.00|km3|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |title=Specifications of large dams in India |access-date=22 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219204531/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |archive-date=19 February 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Purpose==<br />
* Irrigation<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Dams in Maharashtra]]<br />
* [[List of reservoirs and dams in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Dams in Nanded district]]<br />
[[Category:Dams completed in 1980]]<br />
[[Category:1980 establishments in Maharashtra]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century architecture in India]]<br />
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