Zhigilda is a salt lake in Blagoveshchensky District, Altai Krai, Russian Federation.
Geography
Located in the Kulunda Plain, Zhigilda has an elongated shape. It stretches for approximately from north to south and has a peninsula in the southeastern lakeshore that narrows the southern end to a width averaging . Lake Bauzhansor lies to the SSE, Kulunda to the northeast, Kuchuk to the ESE, and Maloye Yarovoye to the northwest. ==Flora and fauna==
Flora and fauna
The lake is surrounded by flat steppe landscape and salt pans. There are cultivated fields about away from the western side. The small crustaceans Artemia salina live in the lake and are periodically harvested for commercial purposes. ==See also==