Owen River
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 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 northeast of Murchison.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gowanbridge.
Owen River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in New Zealand
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-41.68333° or 41° 41′ south
Longitude
172.45° or 172° 27′ east
Elevation
344 metres (1,129 feet)
Open location code
4VCJ8C8X+MX
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Owen River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Owen River”
- Cebuano: “Owen River”
- French: “Owen”
- German: “Owen River”
- Hausa: “Kogin Owen”
- Hausa: “Owen River”
- Welsh: “Afon Owen”
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