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Owen River
A northeast view of the river
Map
Route of the Owen River
Owen River is located in New Zealand
Owen River
Mouth of the Owen River
Owen River is located in South Island
Owen River
Owen River (South Island)
Location
CountryNew Zealand
IslandSouth Island
DistrictTasman
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMount Owen
 • coordinates41°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
Length20 kilometres (12 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionOwen River → Buller River → Tasman Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftThree Mile Creek, Sluice Box Creek, League Creek, Coal Creek, Halfway Creek, Carrol Creek, Brewery Creek,
 • rightCaledonian 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.[1][2] 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.

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

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