The Tüp ( ky, Түп ''Tüp'', russian: Тюп ''Tyup'') is a river in
Tüp District
Tüp ( ky, Түп району) is a district of Issyk-Kul Region in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan. The seat lies at Tüp. Its area is , and its resident population was 65,169 in 2021. It borders Issyk-Kul District to the west, Ak-Suu District to the e ...
and
Ak-Suu District of
Issyk-Kul Region
Issyk-Kul Region ( ky, Ысык-Көл облусу, Ysyk-Köl oblusu; russian: Иссык-Кульская область, Issyk-Kulskaya oblast) is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Region, Kaz ...
of
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. ...
. It rises on north slopes of
Teskey Ala-Too Range
The Terskey Ala-Too ( ky, Тескей Ала-Тоо, Teskey Ala-Too, , russian: Терскей-Алатау, Terskey-Alatau) is a mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It stretches south and southeast of Lake Issyk-Kul, from th ...
, takes in several tributaries from the
Kungey Alatau and flows into lake
Issyk-Kul
Issyk-Kul (also Ysyk-Köl, ky, Ысык-Көл, lit=warm lake, translit=Ysyk-Köl, , zh, 伊塞克湖) is an endorheic lake (i.e., without outflow) in the Northern Tian Shan mountains in Eastern Kyrgyzstan. It is the seventh-deepest lake in th ...
. With its length of the Tüp is the longest river of the Issyk-Kul basin. The basin area is , the second largest of the rivers entering Issyk-Kul.
References
Rivers of Kyrgyzstan
Tributaries of Issyk-Kul
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