Kudaikol () is a salt lake in the Ekibastuz City Administration, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan.Nature of Kazakhstan Encyclopedia / General editor. B. O. Jacob. - Almaty: "Kazakh Encyclopedia" LLP, 2011. T.Z. - 304 pages. ISBN 9965-893-64-0 (T.Z.), ISBN 9965-893-19-5

Kudaikol is one of the lakes in the area surrounding Ekibastuz. It is located to the ENE of the city and to the south of Kalkaman. Kudaikol village lies to the northeast. The A17 Highway passes close to the western edge of the lake.

Geography Kudaikol is an endorheic lake in the Irtysh Basin. It stretches from northeast to southwest for roughly and is about wide. Larger lake Karasor lies to the northwest, and Atygay to the southwest of the southwestern end. Other lakes in the vicinity are Zhamantuz, located to the southeast and Kalkaman, to the northeast.

A small river flows into the lake from the east. The lake is fed by snow and rain. It usually freezes in November and thaws in April. The lakeshores are flat, muddy in the southwestern part. The surrounding area is pasture for local livestock. Kudaikol is suitable for watering cattle only in the spring, before the shoreline recedes and the water becomes too salty.Google Earth

See also List of lakes of Kazakhstan

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Озера и реки Казахстана (in Russian)