[1] Taldyaral is located 5 kilometers (3.1 mi) to the southeast of Smirnovo, the district capital.

[1][2] Taldyaral is an endorheic lake of the Ishim river basin.

It lies at the southern edge of the Ishim Plain in the Kamyshlov Log, an alignment of disconnected lakes which is the bed of ancient river Kamyshlov.

This stretch is roughly aligned from southwest to northeast with lake Zholdyozek 4 kilometers (2.5 mi) to the southwest and Ulken Zharma 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) to the northeast of Taldyaral.

[3][1][2] The lake is elongated from northeast to southwest, with a narrower central part.