[1] The plain stretches across Zhalagash, Syrdarya and Shieli districts of Kyzylorda Region.

[3] The Daryalyktakyr lies north of the lower reaches of the Syr Darya and corresponds to an ancient channel where the river flowed.

It extends roughly from WNW to ESE for a length of 230 km (140 mi) between the area to the north of Zhosaly town in the west and the Telikol lakes in the east.

[4][3] It is a large, elongated takir zone to the north of the current river channel covered with a top layer of alluvial sediments of mixed sand and clay.

The Karaozek river, a right tributary of the Syr Darya, flows westwards along the southern limits of the plain.