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East Shore Drive provides access to Watts Bar Lake, a major impoundment on the Tennessee River in Roane County. This is a significant water body with a large drainage area of over 40,000 square miles, making it an important recreational and navigation resource. The Tennessee River at this location has substantial flow volume averaging over 69,000 cubic feet per second, though as an impounded section, conditions are more lake-like than river-like. The elevation at this access point is approximately 92 meters, well downstream from the river's headwaters in the Appalachian Mountains.