Rivers on the east side of the Potomac Highlands flow into the Potomac River and continue on toward the Atlantic Ocean.

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Harpers Ferry was built on a narrow finger of land where the Shenandoah River flowed into the Potomac.

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The road is about one hundred forty kilometers from Washington, on the other side of the Potomac River.

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Peter Kephart, a lanky man with an ever-ready smile, guides a bit for smallmouth on the Potomac River.

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Accessible only to guests and their friends, it offers sweeping views of the Washington Monument and Potomac River.

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In fact, Abraham Lincoln once compared reorganising the army to bailing out the Potomac river with a teaspoon.

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