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{{Infobox dam<br />
| name = Gangapur Dam<br />
| image = Canal tower of Gangapur Dam India.jpg<br />
| image_caption = The canal tower of Gangapur Dam in 1956<br />
| name_official = Gangapur Dam D01034<br />
| dam_crosses = Godavari river<br />
| location = Nashik <br />
| dam_type = [[Dam#Earth-fill dams|Earthfill]]<br />
| dam_length = {{convert|3902|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| dam_height = {{convert|36.59|m|abbr=on}}<br />
| dam_width_base = <br />
| dam_width_crest = <br />
| dam_volume = {{convert|4612|km3|abbr=on}}<br />
| spillway_type = <br />
| spillway_capacity = <br />
| construction_began = <br />
| opening = 1965<ref>{{cite web|url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Gangapur_D01034 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412235517/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Gangapur_D01034 |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2013 |title=Gangapur D01034 |accessdate=1 March 2013 }}</ref><br />
| cost = <br />
| owner = [[Government of Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| res_name = <br />
| res_capacity_total = {{convert|0.203880|km3|abbr=on}}<br />
| res_catchment = <br />
| res_surface = {{convert|22860|km2|abbr=on}}<br />
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| location_map = India Maharashtra<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|20.0260565|73.6671498|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
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'''Gangapur Dam''', is an [[dam#Earth-fill dams|earthfill]] dam on [[Godavari river]] near [[Nasik|Nashik]] in the state of [[Maharashtra]] in [[India]].<br />
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==Specifications==<br />
The height of the dam above lowest foundation is {{convert|36.59|m|abbr=on}} while the length is {{convert|3902|m|abbr=on}}. The volume content is {{convert|4612|km3|abbr=on}} and gross storage capacity is {{convert|215880.00|km3|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf Specifications of large dams in India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165130/http://www.cwc.nic.in/main/downloads/National%20Register%20of%20Large%20Dams%202009.pdf |date=21 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
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Due to silt deposition in the reservoir area, the storage capacity of the dam has gradually reduced. The right side canal running towards Nashik is also closed due to the high civilization in the area. For these two reasons, an upstream dam, [[Kashypi Dam]], is constructed which opened in 2000 <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nashikirrigationdiv.com/dam/gangapur.html | title=Dams Under NID »» Gangapur Dam | accessdate=1 March 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313092104/http://nashikirrigationdiv.com/dam/gangapur.html | archivedate=13 March 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Purpose==<br />
* Irrigation<br />
one of the earthen dam having emergency spillway{{citation needed|date=August 2019}}<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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{{Hydrography of Maharashtra}}<br />
{{Godavari basin}}<br />
{{Godavari River dams}}<br />
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[[Category:Dams in Nashik district]]<br />
[[Category:Dams completed in 1965]]<br />
[[Category:Dams on the Godavari River]]<br />
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