The Buotama (Russian: Буотама) is a river in the Sakha Republic, Russia.

[1] There is a nursery of wood bison by the Ust-Buotama Reservoir on the lower reaches of the river.

[2] The river has its source in the northern part of the Aldan Highlands at an elevation of almost 500 metres (1,600 ft).

Finally it makes a bend northwards and joins the right bank of the Lena, about 100 km (62 mi) upstream from the capital Yakutsk and 1,609 km (1,000 mi) from the Lena's mouth.

[3] The Buotama freezes between October and November and thaws between the end of April or early May.