Qualla: Ngọc Linh https://qualla.com/ngoc-linh en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:16 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Ngọc Linh https://qualla.com/ngoc-linh Ngọc Linh: Introduction https://qualla.com/ngoc-linh/ Before it was Ngọc Linh — the Sino-Vietnamese name meaning 'Jade Mountain' — it was Ngơl k'iàng, or Ngơk kariàng, in the Jeh-Tariang language spoken by the people who lived in its shadow for centuries. The meaning is simply 'the great mountain.' Sometimes the plainest names are the most accurate. At 2,598 metres, Ngọc Linh is the highest point in the Annamite Range south of the seventeenth parallel, the roof of southern Vietnam in the most literal sense — and what grows on its slopes has proven to be as remarkable as the summit itself.

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/s/v/ngoc-linh-wp/w6sv-ng-c-linh-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Ngọc Linh: The Roof of Southern Vietnam https://qualla.com/ngoc-linh/ Ngọc Linh straddles the border between Quảng Nam Province and Kon Tum Province in Vietnam's Central Highlands, rising from a range that forms the backbone of the Indochinese Peninsula. The Annamite Range here runs roughly north-south, its eastern slopes dropping toward the coasta...

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/s/v/ngoc-linh-wp/w6sv-ng-c-linh-the-roof-of-southern-vietnam.mp3 0:06 2 full Ngọc Linh: The Ginseng That Belongs to This Mountain https://qualla.com/ngoc-linh/ In 1973, botanists formally identified a species of ginseng found growing on and around Ngọc Linh that matched no previously described plant: Panax vietnamensis, Vietnamese ginseng. It is native exclusively to the South Central Coast and Central Highlands of Vietnam, and it is es...

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]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/6/s/v/ngoc-linh-wp/w6sv-ng-c-linh-the-ginseng-that-belongs-to-this-mountain.mp3 0:06 3 full Ngọc Linh: Frogs That Science Had Not Yet Named https://qualla.com/ngoc-linh/ The mountain's biological surprises extend to its smaller inhabitants. The slopes of Ngọc Linh are the only known habitat of two species of tree frog that were unknown to science until recent decades: Gracixalus lumarius, the thorny tree frog, and the closely related Gracixalus t...

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