The Sonaly (Kazakh: Соналы) is a river in the Nura District, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan.

[1][2] The Sonaly river originates in the Amantau (Амантау), a small massif of the Kazakh Uplands.

Its source is in the southeastern slopes, 106 km (66 mi) to the NNW of lake Shoshkakol.

It heads first southwestwards and describes a wide arch bending westwards and northwestwards while still in its upper reaches.

The border of Korgalzhyn District, Akmola Region, stretches along the opposite bank.