China has a rich variety of mountain vegetation and soil types, displaying characteristic zoning at different altitudes. Vertical zonation of landscape characteristics is also influenced by longitude, latitude, aspect, and microclimate. Namjagbarwa Feng (7,782 m) is situated in the eastern Himalaya and has a relative relief of over 7,000 m. It has a range of vertical landscape zones from quasi-tropical to snow and ice conditions and the characteristics and structural pattern of these zones are described. Factors that account for regional variation in landscape characteristics within the Namjagbarwa massif are discussed.