What rules govern which biomes can neighbor one another?

I'm working on a map of a single continent or large island, and I want it to have some distinct biomes. What are some simple rules to determine which biomes could possibly be near/adjacent to one another in real life?

I'm using the term "biome" in the way that someone who plays minecraft but doesn't know anything about how the word is actually used in science would use it, because that's a self description. Like, you've got a jungle, a snowy place, a desert, some grassy plains, mountains, etc.; these are biomes. To narrow the scope of possible answers, I'm totally fine with you restricting the list of biomes you consider to those which are actually caricatured in minecraft.

For example, an answer could include a rule like this: "A snowy place couldn't be next to a desert, unless there is a significant change in elevation between them."

The following would also be an acceptable answer: "There is no easy set of rules for this."

posted almost 6 years ago

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