[1][2] The lake is located 30 kilometers (19 mi) to the SSW of Yavlenka town, the administrative center of the district.

[3] Ulken Torangyl is an endorheic lake belonging to the Ishim River basin.

The 106 kilometers (66 mi) long Kamysakty river flows from the south into the southwestern shore of the lake.

[4] The Kamysakty and lake Ulken Torangyl form the upper section of the Kamyshlov Log from which the ancient valley of the Kamyshlov can be traced by a residual chain of lakes for almost 500 kilometers (310 mi) all the way to the Irtysh.

There are 21 kinds of fish in the waters of the lake, including introduced species.