Zhyngyldy or Zhyngyldysor () is a salt lake in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.
Zhyngyldy is one of the main lakes in the area surrounding Ekibastuz and is part of the Irtysh Water Management Basin. It is located to the north of the city. The Ekibastuz GRES-1 Power Station rises by its northern shore. The reservoir was formed by filling an endorheic intermittent lake (sor) with water from the IrtyshâÂÂKaraganda Canal in order to cool the adjacent thermal power station. The ashes of the station are dumped into nearby lake Karasor.
Zhyngyldy is part of the Irtysh Basin. It stretches from WSW to ENE for roughly . Lake Shandaksor, with the Ekibastuz GRES-2 Power Station by its eastern shore, lies to the north of the northern lakeshore. Larger lake Karasor lies to the ENE, Atygay (ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂðù) to the southeast and Kudaikol to the east.
Zhyngyldy usually freezes in November and thaws in April. The lakeshores are flat and the surrounding area is used for local livestock grazing.