Owen River

{{short description|River on New Zealand's South Island}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Owen River

| image = Owen River, view to north-east.jpg

| image_size =

| image_caption =A northeast view of the river

| map = {{Maplink|frame=yes|type=line|plain=yes|zoom=10|frame-align=center|frame-width=270|frame-height=270|stroke-color=#0000ff|stroke-width=2}}

| map_size =

| map_caption = Route of the Owen River

| map_alt =

| pushpin_map = New Zealand#New Zealand South Island

| pushpin_map_size = 270px

| pushpin_map_caption = Mouth of the Owen River

| pushpin_map_alt =

| source1_location = Mount Owen

| source1_coordinates = {{coord|-41.5311|172.576|format=dms|display=inline}}

| source1_elevation =

| mouth_location = Buller River

| mouth_elevation =

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-41.68655|172.44865|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = New Zealand

| subdivision_type2 = Island

| subdivision_name2 = South Island

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Tasman

| length = {{convert|20|km|mi}}

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size =

| 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,

| tributaries_right = Caledonian Creek, Bulmer Creek, Carton Creek, Zealandia Creek, Advance Creek, Fire Creek, Fyfe River, Baigent Creek

| waterfalls =

| bridges =

}}

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.{{Cite book |last=Department |first=New Zealand Mines |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHxBAAAAIAAJ |title=The Handbook of New Zealand Mines: With Maps and Illustrations |date=1887 |publisher=Government Printer, South Africa |pages=288 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DwOqDQAAQBAJ |title=New Zealand Landscape: Behind the Scene |date=2017-05-18 |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=978-0-12-812565-6 |pages=266–267 |language=en}} It flows {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} 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 {{Convert|18|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Murchison.