Editing Godavari River (section)

===Within Maharashtra===
The river originates in [[Maharashtra]] state and has an extensive course. The upper basin (origin to its confluence with [[Manjira River|Manjira]]) of which lies entirely within the state, cumulatively draining an area as large as {{convert|1,52,199|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} – about half the area of Maharashtra.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nih.ernet.in/rbis/basin%20maps/godavari_about.htm |title=About the Godavari Basin |access-date=19 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150421200558/http://nih.ernet.in/rbis/basin%20maps/godavari_about.htm |archive-date=21 April 2015 }}</ref> Within [[Nashik district]], the river assumes a north-easterly course until it flows into the [[Gangapur Dam|Gangapur Reservoir]] created by a dam of the same name. The reservoir along with the [[Kashypi Dam]] provides [[potable water]] to Nashik, one of the largest cities located on its banks. The river as it emerges through the dam, some {{convert|8|km|mi|abbr=on}} upstream from Nashik, flows on a rocky bed undulated by a series of chasms and rocky ledges, resulting in the formation of two significant waterfalls – the Gangapur and the Someshwar waterfalls. The latter, located at Someshwar is more popularly known as the Dudhsagar Waterfall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nashikdirectory.com/dudhsagar-waterfalls.html |title=Dudhsagar Waterfalls, Nashik |publisher=Nashik Directory |access-date=18 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073553/http://www.nashikdirectory.com/dudhsagar-waterfalls.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> About {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of Gangapur the river passes the town of [[Nashik]] where it collects its effluents in the form of the river Nasardi on its right bank.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

About {{convert|0.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of Nashik, the river bends sharply to the east, washing the base of a high cliff formerly the site of a Mughal fort, but which is now being eroded away by the action of floods. About {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} below Nashik is the confluence of the Godavari and one of its tributaries, the [[Darna River|Darna]]. The stream occupies, for nine months in the year, a small space in a wide and gravelly bed, the greyish banks being {{convert|4|to|6|m|ft|abbr=on}} high, topped with a deep layer of black soil. A few kilometres after its meeting with the Darna, the Godavari swerves to the north-east, before the [[Banganga River (Maharashtra)|Banganga]], from the north-west, meets it on the left. The course of the main stream then tends more decidedly south. At Nandur-Madhmeshwar, the [[Kadva River|Kadva]], a second large affluent, brings considerable increase to the waters of the Godavari. The river begins its southeasterly course characteristic of rivers of the [[Deccan Plateau]]. The river exits the [[Niphad]] Taluka of [[Nashik]] and enters the [[Kopargaon taluka]], [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmednagar District]]. Within Ahmednagar District the river quickly completes its short course, flowing alongside the town of [[Kopargaon]] and reaching [[Puntamba]]. Beyond this, the river serves as a natural boundary between the following districts:{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}
* [[Ahmednagar district|Ahmednagar]] and [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad]]: Along the boundary here, it receives its first major tributary the [[Pravara River]], draining the former district. The confluence is located at Pravarasangam. By virtue of a sub-tributary of Pravara – Mandohol, which originates in Pune District – the basin impinges the [[Pune district]]. The river at Paithan has been impounded by the [[Jayakwadi Dam]] forming the NathSagar Reservoir. [[Kalsubai]] located in Godavari basin, is the highest peak in Maharashtra.
* [[Beed district|Beed]] and [[Jalna district|Jalna]]
* Beed and [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]]: Located along here is its merger with [[Sindphana River|Sindphana]], an important tributary<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Beed/gen_geography.html |title=Beed district|publisher=Government of Maharashtra |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> which drains a considerably large area within Beed. The sub-tributary river [[Bindusara River|Bindusara]] forms a landmark at [[Beed]].

The river beyond, near the village Sonpeth, flows into [[Parbhani district|Parbhani]]. In Parbhani district, the river flows through [[Gangakhed]] taluka. As mentioned above, the Godavari is also called Dakshinganga so the city is called as Gangakhed (meaning a village on the bank of Ganga). As per Hindu rituals this place is considered quite important for after death peace to flow ashes into the river.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

Its course is relatively non-significant except for receiving two smaller streams – Indrayani and Masuli – merging at its left and right banks, respectively. Within the last taluka of the district Parbhani, [[Purna]], the river drains a major tributary of the same name: [[Purna River (tributary of Godavari)|Purna]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

It then exits into the neighbouring district of [[Nanded district|Nanded]] where {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}} before reaching the town Nanded, it is impounded by the Vishnupuri Dam and thus with it, bringing Asia's largest lift irrigation projects to life. A little downstream from Nanded, the river receives Asna, a small stream, on its left bank. It then runs into the controversial [[Babli project]] soon ends its course within [[Maharashtra]], albeit temporarily, at its merger with a major tributary – [[Manjira River|Manjira]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

The river after flowing into Telangana, re-emerges to run as a state boundary separating the [[Mancherial district|Mancherial]], [[Telangana]] from [[Gadchiroli district|Gadchiroli]], Maharashtra. At the state border, it runs between [[Sironcha]] and Somnoor Sangam receiving one tributary at each of those nodal points – the [[Pranhita River|Pranhita]] and subsequently the [[Indravati River|Indravati]].{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}