This list of rivers of Issyk Kul includes rivers draining into lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. It is reported that the basin of Issyk-Kul encounter 1,976 river and streams with a total length of 7,139 km. Of them, 1,842 streams are shorter than 10 km with a total length of 4,241 km (or 59%), and 106 streams range from 10 to 25 km in length totaling 1,708 km (or 24%). There are 24 small rivers with length varying between 25 and 50 km (the total is 853 km or 12%), and 3 medium-size rivers (51–100 km ) with a total length of 217 km (4%). Finally, there is only one comparatively large Tyup river with a length of 120 km, which is 1% of total length. Overall, 118 streams and rivers flow into the lake.
In the table below, the rivers are listed clockwise from the northeast.
River Length, km Watershed area, km2 SourceDistrict Tüp 1201180Terskey Alatau Ak-Suu, Tüp Jyrgalang 97 2070Terskey Alatau Ak-Suu Karakol 50 394Terskey Alatau Ak-Suu Yrdyk 28 300Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Jeti-Ögüz 52 387Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Chong Kyzylsuu 48 340Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Kichi Kyzylsuu 37 139Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Juuku 63 590Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Chychkan (Jeti Oguz) Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Ak-Terek (Jeti Oguz) Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Chong Jargylchak 25 137Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Barskoon 62 352Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Tamga 27 162Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz Tosor 30 304Terskey AlatauJeti-Ögüz, Tong Akterek 35 722Terskey AlatauTong Tong 36 742Terskey AlatauTong Akterek Terskey AlatauTong Tuurasuu 46593Terskey AlatauTong Toraygyr 30 175Kungey AlatauIssyk-Kul Chong Ak-Suu 31 337Kungey AlatauIssyk-Kul
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