The Tüp ( ''Tüp'', ''Tyup'') is a river in
Tüp District
Tüp () 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 east and south-east, K ...
and
Ak-Suu District
Ak-Suu () is a district of Isxsyk-Kul Region in eastern Kyrgyzstan. The administrative center lies at the village Teploklyuchenka. Its area is , and its resident population was 69,439 in 2021.
Geography
Located in Kyrgyzstan's eastern corner, th ...
of
Issyk-Kul Region
Issyk-Kul (, ) is one of the regions of Kyrgyzstan. Its capital is Karakol. It is surrounded by Almaty Region, Kazakhstan to the north, Chüy Region to the west, Naryn Region to the southwest, and Xinjiang, China to the southeast. It takes ...
of
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir Mountains, Pamir mountain ranges. Bishkek is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Kyrgyzstan, largest city. Kyrgyz ...
. It rises on north slopes of
Teskey Ala-Too Range
The Teskey Alatoo (, ), often still known by its Russian language, Russian name Terskey Alatau (), is a mountain range in the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. It stretches south and southeast of Lake Issyk-Kul, from the river Joon-Aryk near Koch ...
, takes in several tributaries from the
Kungey Alatau and flows into lake
Issyk-Kul
Issyk-Kul () or Ysyk-Köl (, ; ) is an endorheic saline lake in the western Tianshan Mountains in eastern Kyrgyzstan, just south of a dividing range separating Kyrgyzstan from Kazakhstan. It is the eighth-deepest lake in the world, the eleve ...
. 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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