[1] The border between the North Kazakhstan and Akmola regions cuts across the middle of the lake from east to west.

[2][3] The name Zhaksytuz, meaning "good salt" in the Kazakh language, is of nomadic origin.

[4] Zhaksytuz is an endorheic lake part of the Sileti river basin.

Its shore is flat in the eastern and southern sides, but steep in the western.

Famous lake Kobeituz lies 100 kilometers (62 mi) to the south.