Zhigilda

Zhigilda is a salt lake in Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.
The lake is located in the western part of the Krai. The nearest inhabited places are Yelizavetgrad, Telmansky and Lebedino. Blagoveshchenka, the district capital, lies to the east. The border with Tabunsky District runs along the western lakeshore.

Geography

Located in the Kulunda Plain, Zhigilda has an elongated shape. It stretches for approximately from north to south and has a peninsula in the southeastern lakeshore that narrows the southern end to a width averaging.
Lake Bauzhansor lies to the SSE, Kulunda to the northeast, Kuchuk to the ESE, and Maloye Yarovoye to the northwest.

Flora and fauna

The lake is surrounded by flat steppe landscape and salt pans. There are cultivated fields about away from the western side. The small crustaceans Artemia salina live in the lake and are periodically harvested for commercial purposes.