Buotama Yakut: Буотама | |
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Location in the Sakha Republic, Russia | |
Location | |
Country | Sakha, Russia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Aldan Highlands |
• coordinates | 59°57′2″N 124°27′39″E / 59.95056°N 124.46083°E |
• elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Lena |
• coordinates | 61°15′56″N 128°45′15″E / 61.26556°N 128.75417°E |
• elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
Length | 418 km (260 mi) |
Basin size | 12,600 km2 (4,900 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 43 m3/s (1,500 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Lena→ Laptev Sea |
The Buotama (‹See Tfd›Russian: Буотама) is a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia. It is a right tributary of the Lena and has a length of 418 km (260 mi).[1]
There is a nursery of wood bison by the Ust-Buotama Reservoir on the lower reaches of the river. It was opened in 2006 with bison imported from Canada.[2]