Kon Ka Kinh National Park
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People's Committee of Gia Lai Province |
Kon Ka Kinh National Park (Vietnamese: Vườn quốc gia Kon Ka Kinh) is a national park of Vietnam, established by the decision (167/2002/QĐ-TTg) on November 25, 2002 of the then Prime Minister, Phan Văn Khải.
Kon Ka Kinh National Park is a priority zone for the protection of
Besides the biological diversity of the flora and fauna here, Kon Ka Kinh plays an important role in the protection of the upstream of the
General information
Kon Ka Kinh National Park is located on the
Kon Ka Kinh was listed as a "
Topography
The altitude of this park varies from 570 m (in valley of Ba River to 1,748 m (Kon Ka Kinh peak). Streams from the eastern part of the park are a water source for the Ba River, a twisted river running north–south until it meets the confluence A Yun River and then changes its direction to northwest–southeast before emptying into the South China Sea in Tuy Hòa city; while to the west of the river lie distributaries of the Mekong river. Owing to the sloping topography, rivers in this park are short, run fast, and create many waterfalls.
Kon Ka Kinh National Park contains 33,565 ha of natural forest, accounting for 80% of the total national park area. It is home to a variety of montane habitat types. There are about 20 square kilometres of broad leaf and needle leaf trees, primarily Pomu (
Biological diversity
Flora
Due to the characteristics of its topography, climate, soil conditions, and other factors, this park contains a great deal of biodiversity. It is home to:
- Flora typical to North Vietnam: Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Magnoliaceae, Moraceae, Annonaceae, Lauraceae, Fagaceae ...etc. These families contrentrate in areas influenced by wet tropical rain. In these area, tree density is high and dominant species are not typical.
- Species native to Fokienia hodginsii) ...etc.
- Species native to Malaysia-Indonesia: Parashorea chinensis)...etc.
- Species native to India-Myanmar: Typical species include: Combretaceae such as (Terminalia bellirica) or Lythraceae such as (Lagerstroemia tomentosa) v.v.
According to the survey results, Kon Ka Kinh National Park contained 687 flora species of 459 genus and 140 families, of which the class of
- 11 endemic species: (Pinus dalatensis), hoa khế, (Afzelia xylocarpa), (Dalbergia annamensis), (Dialium cochinchinense), (Alchornea annamica), du moóc, (Calamus poilanei), lọng hiệp, (Dendrobium bellatulum).
- Flora in this park includes 24 precious and rare species, valuable for genetic preservation and scientific research and were listed in Vietnam Endangered Red Book and world's Endangered Species Red Book. Of these 34 species, 24 species are listed in Vietnam Red Book, inclusive of 2 E class species (in danger of extinction), 6 V class species (will be in danger of extinction), 7 R class species (rare), 1 T class species, and 8 K class species.
Most of the area in Kon Ka Kinh National Park is covered by protozoa with the typical flora:
- Evergreen forest, subtropical wet rain and low mountain forest.
- Mixing subtropical needle and broadleaf forest, with dominant (Fokienia hodginsii) forest.
Fauna
According to the survey, Kon Ka Kinh National Park is home to 428 animal species, of which, 223 species are of vertebrates living on land (34 ordo, 74 families) and 205 species
Mammal species including Indochinese tiger and Yellow-cheeked gibbon.
References
- ^ Source: About the list of ASEAN Heritage Parks on asean.org, (in English) www.asean.org
- Quảng Bình Provinceof Vietnam is also included in the heritage list.
External links
- Ka Kinh[permanent dead link] (in English)
- Kon Ka Kinh in the report of birdlifeindochina.org (in English)
- Kon Ka Kinh in the official website of Gia Lai Government Website (in Vietnamese)
