Overview

KonKa Kinh National Park is located on the Kon Tum Plateau, in the areasof districts Mang Yang, KBang, and Dak Doa of Gia Lai Province. Thecenter of the park is situated in the Commune of Ayun, Mang Yangdistrict, northeast of Gia Lai Province.

Withthe purpose of preserving subtropical forest in the high mountains withspecies of gymnosperm, Kon Ka Kinh National Park was one of fournational parks in Vietnam, together with three other national parks inVietnam: Ba Be, Chu Mom Ray and Hoang Lien), also one of 27 nationalparks in ASEAN was listed on ASEAN Heritage Park. Kon Ka Kinh NationalPark is a priority zone for the protection of biodiversity of Vietnamas well as ASEAN.

Topography

Tothe north of the national park, elevations gradually increase towardsMount Ngoc Linh, the highest point in the central Annamites. To thesouth and west, the topography is flatter, and altitudes are below 500m. Altitudes within the national park range from 570 m in the Ba rivervalley, to 1,748 m at the summit of Mount Kon Ka Kinh.

Streamsfrom the eastern part of the park supply water source Ba River, atwisted river running north-south until it meets the confluence A YunRiver and then changes its direction to northwest-southeast beforeemptying into South China Sea in Tuy Hoa city; while to the west of theriver lays distributaries of Mekong River. Due to the slopingtopography, rivers in this park are short, running fast and creatingmany waterfalls.

Flora

Dueto the characteristics of its topography, climate, soil conditions, andother factors, this park contains a great deal of biodiversity.According to the survey results, Kon Ka Kinh National Park contained687 flora species of 459 genus and 140 families, of which the class ofMagnoliopsida is dominant (104 families, 337 genus, 528 species).Second domination is Liliopsida (15 families, 82 genus, 111 species).Other diviso of Pteridophyta includes 16 families, 32 genus and 40species. Gymnosperm includes 5 families, 8 genus, 8 species. Moreover,Kon Ka Kinh is also the home to several endangered and preservedendemic species. Most of the area in the park is covered by protozoawith the above-mentioned typical flora. Kon Ka Kinh National Parkcontains 33,565 ha of natural forest, equivalent to 80% of the totalarea of the national park. The national park supports a range ofmontane habitat types. Of particular importance are 2,000 ha of mixedconiferous and broadleaf forest containing Fokienia hodginsii.

KonKa Kinh National Park has 33,565 natural forest, accounting for 80% itstotal area. It is home to mountainous biological typical lives. Thereare about 20 square kilometres of broad leaf and needle leaf trees,primarily Pomu (Fokienia hodginsii).

Fauna

KonKa Kinh National Park is home to 428 animal species, of which, 223species are of vertabrates living on land (34 ordo, 74 families) and205 species Invertebrates (such as butterfly) of 10 families of (Lepidoptera).

The National Park is also a globally important site for the conservation of amphibian diversity. Kon Ka Kinhsupports a number of amphibian species endemic to the Annamitemountains, including four species assessed as globally threatenedduring the Global Amphibian Assessment: Leptobrachium banae, L.xanthospilum, Rana attigua and Rhacophorus baliogaster.

Thepark is of importance to local people as a source of natural resources,such as firewood honey and rattans. Also, the national park supports atleast 110 plant species with known medicinal uses. Use of plants intraditional medicine is widespread amongst local people, although thecommercial potential of these species remains largely unrealized.

In brief, Kon Ka Kinh National Park contains scenic landscapes and other natural features of interest to visitors.