The Taldymanaka (Kazakh: Талдыманақа; Russian: Талдыманака) or Taldy-Manaka[1] is a river in Zhanaarka District, Ulytau Region, Kazakhstan.

The city of Zhanaarka is located 50 km (31 mi) to the ENE of the mouth of the Taldymanaka.

[5] The Taldymanaka originates in springs of the southern slopes of the Aktau massif of the Kazakh Uplands.

After it leaves the mountain area it flows within a floodplain among agricultural fields where a reservoir has been built recently.

Finally it joins the left bank of the Sarysu a little further upriver from the mouth of the Atasu.