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[Zantan]

I was looking around a world I made, and found this island.  It consists entirely of a temperate shrubland, but there is a sea flowing through the middle of it.  Shouldn't this break the temperate shrubland into two biomes?

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[RandomNumberGenerator]

Not exactly. The grassland could be looping around, forming a ring-like structure, with the sand breaking one part but still be connected on the other end.

[blah28722]

The cut seems small enough for it to not be considered a separator.

[Albedo]

Shouldn't this break the temperate shrubland into two biomes?

"Should"? As in how the game code "should and shouldn't work"?

It might also be related to the fact that during worldgen, biomes go down first and water second - if water cuts a single biome in half, it might still be seen as the same.

Or, the game might just not distinguish between two identical ones - why "should" it? 

In the end, all same same.

[Zantan]

It should probably account for the animal populations of the different sections differently, especially if there is no way for them to migrate from one island to the other.

It was also striking because you often find identical biomes next to each other without being combined on the mainland.

[Albedo]

I know what you're talking about, but I always if they're not as "identical" as they appear. 

[calrogman]

Does it matter?  No.

Is it strange?  Maybe.

Should you build a bridge over the sea to correct this issue?  Absolutely.

[forsaken1111]

Does it matter?  No.

Is it strange?  Maybe.

Should you flood the sea with magma?  Absolutely.

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[dogstile]

Does it matter?  No.

Is it strange?  Maybe.

Should you flood the sea with magma?  Absolutely.

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tsk, magma, where has the imagination gone?

you should totally do a mose's and make the sea go to either side, then build an underwater tunnel

[forsaken1111]

Does it matter?  No.

Is it strange?  Maybe.

Should you flood the sea with magma?  Absolutely.

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tsk, magma, where has the imagination gone?

you should totally do a mose's and make the sea go to either side, then build an underwater tunnel

But... magma...

[h3lblad3]

Does it matter?  No.

Is it strange?  Maybe.

Should you flood the sea with magma?  Absolutely.

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tsk, magma, where has the imagination gone?

you should totally do a mose's and make the sea go to either side, then build an underwater tunnel

What needs to be done is that where the sea is should be that biome.
And where the biomes are should be a new sea.