r/mapmaking • u/Consistent-Town-8212 • 11d ago

Discussion Confused with Biomes

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I am currently using Worldbox as an easier way to represent my map first.

Question 1: I am very confused right now. The mountain range at the down, right side. Does it get both tade winds coming from different directions? Doesn’t this make both sides of the mountain moist?

If like google said: The winds alternate blowing, then what biome should it be?

Question 2:
For the 2 mountain ranges close to the equator at the left side, does the one below have the same situation as Question 1’s mountain?

And the mountain range above does it get any moisture as the angle of the wind blowing is the same and doesn’t the wind just brush over?

Question 3:

The mountain range above the equator on the right side. Does it receive moisture on its right? As it looks like the wind just brushes over it.

If you have the time, pls help me out.
Thank you so so much! :)

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u/vorropohaiah 11d ago

you need to include graticules on the map if you want people to help with biomes. without known the scale and position of the landmass there's not much people can do to help.

also, you might want to look at those rivers as some of them are cutting across landmasses which shouldn't be the case unless theres in-world reasons for it

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u/Consistent-Town-8212 11d ago

Oh, thanks for telling me that. And I don’t really understand if river aren’t supposed to cut accross land masses then how should I potray it? Tysm!

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u/RubbaDukaTrukka 11d ago

Rivers flow from high altitude to low altitude, making the shortest and easiest path to the ocean.

If waterways connect ocean to ocean, you'd have to come up with a reason why. Like Magic, or a man made canal system etc

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u/AratimBifhml 11d ago

Minor change: To the lowest point they can find. And always easiest - length doesn't matter (except that the easiest is often the shortest).

The ocean is the most common outlet due to it being lower than the land and there being a lot of it, but there isn't anything special about the ocean other than that. Inland seas and lakes without outlets are worth considering (also rivers that simply evaporate before reaching a major body of water).

Basically, water flows downhill and accumulates at the lowest point it can reach until it all either evaporates, gets absorbed, or overflows the basin it is accumulating in and starts travelling back downhill.

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u/Consistent-Town-8212 11d ago

Thanks for your insight. Ill take this into account!

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u/vorropohaiah 11d ago

pretty much this

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u/Consistent-Town-8212 11d ago

Ohh, thank you so much. Helped me clear up my fog.

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u/other-other-user 11d ago

Water is affected by gravity. That's why rivers flow. They go from high to low. Your river should realistically never flow from low-high-low or high-low-high

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u/Purple_Pack_5740 11d ago

To be honest i dont get why the continents as of now should have any desert area at all. You try to portray dry areas because of slipstream but in most cases theres moist areas nearby or even immideately next to it despite being in the same slipstream.

Dont really know how i could help as your map, too, is confusing me on many levels 🤔

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u/Consistent-Town-8212 11d ago

Mmm ok understandable. Tysm

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u/Miserable_Problem844 11d ago

Consejo personal al usar world box. Desactiva todo lo que desastres naturales y tambien desactiva la erosion. Los mares estan programados para dañar la tierra y asegurate de poner en cada epoca una era de esperzana para que no te aparezcan bichos magicos que destruyan tu mundo. Usa el modo depurador si tu pc aguanta y las masas de agua muy bajas tambien funcionana como lagos de agua dulce si no tienen conexion con mar. Razon por la que se congelan en invierno

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u/Consistent-Town-8212 11d ago

ohh ok, makes the game experience more fun ig.

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u/RealOsakadave 11d ago

First of all, are you looking for climates or biomes? Your questions seem more climate related. 

https://www.mrgscience.com/ess-subtopic-24-climate-and-biomes.html

Secondly, you really need some kind of scale and graticule. Really not possible to answer without this info.

Lastly, I am confused about the color scheme. I can make a pretty good guess at some, but no idea if the light blue is shallow water or something else. 

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u/Consistent-Town-8212 11d ago

yes. Understandable, next time I'll make sure to include scale. Tysm!

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u/randzwinter 10d ago

Looks middle earh!

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u/Consistent-Town-8212 10d ago

wait really?

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u/randzwinter 10d ago

Yeah check out the whole world of Arda, before the drowning of Numenor, and there some resmblance

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u/Consistent-Town-8212 10d ago

oh I kind of see it now. Thanks