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River on New Zealand's South Island

Owen River
A northeast view of the river
Route of the Owen River
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Location
Country	New Zealand
Island	South Island
District	Tasman
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Mount Owen
• coordinates	41°31′52″S 172°34′34″E / 41.5311°S 172.576°E / -41.5311; 172.576

Mouth
• location	Buller River
• coordinates	41°41′12″S 172°26′55″E / 41.68655°S 172.44865°E / -41.68655; 172.44865
Length	20 kilometres (12 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Owen River → Buller River → Tasman Sea
Tributaries
• left	Three Mile Creek, Sluice Box Creek, League Creek, Coal Creek, Halfway Creek, Carrol Creek, Brewery Creek,
• right	Caledonian Creek, Bulmer Creek, Carton Creek, Zealandia Creek, Advance Creek, Fire Creek, Fyfe River, Baigent Creek

The Owen River is located in the northwest of New Zealand's South Island. This short river is an upper tributary of the Buller River. It flows 20 km (12 mi) south from its headwaters on the slopes of Mount Owen in Kahurangi National Park, and then into the Buller at the small settlement of Owen River 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Murchison.

References

Department, New Zealand Mines (1887). The Handbook of New Zealand Mines: With Maps and Illustrations. Government Printer, South Africa. p. 288.
Williams, Paul (18 May 2017). New Zealand Landscape: Behind the Scene. Elsevier. pp. 266–267. ISBN 978-0-12-812565-6.

Kahurangi National Park

Mountains

Mountain ranges

Mountain passes

Granity Pass

Caves

Coastal features

Lakes and reservoirs

Walking tracks

Rivers

Tasman District	Anatoki River Aorere River Baton River Big River Boulder River Brown River Clark River Clarke River Cobb River Dart River Devil River Ellis River Fyfe River Hope River Kaituna River Little Boulder River Little Devil River Little Ōnahau River Little Pokororo River Little Slate River Little Waingaro River Matiri River Ōnahau River Onekaka River Ōtere River Owen River Parapara River Pariwhakaoho River Paturau River Pearse River Pokororo River Puremāhaia River Riuwaka River Rocky River Rolling River Saxon River Sherry River Skeet River Slate River Snow River Spey River Stanley River Tadmor River Tākaka River Te Waikoropupū River Turimawiwi River Waingaro River Wangapeka River
Buller District	Allen River Beautiful River Crow River Gunner River Heaphy River Hemphill River Huia River Johnson River Kahurangi River Kākāpō River Karamea River Kōhaihai River Leslie River Lewis River Little Crow River Little Wanganui River Mōkihinui River Ōpārara River Basin Postal River Roaring Lion River Taipō River Ugly River
both districts	Buller River

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