Beach

Beaches are common coastal biomes that serve as transition biomes from the mainland to an ocean. There are three variants of beach biome.
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==Description==
Beaches generate on the coast. Beaches do not always surround land biomes, allowing them to border the ocean. Beaches sometimes can also generate bordering rivers or be completely landlocked.
Beaches don't have many resources of their own. Buried treasure often generates buried under most beaches, and shipwrecks occasionally generate on beaches. Turtles may spawn on regular beaches, and along with rabbits in snowy beaches , they are the only passive mobs that can spawn in beach biomes, although other passive mobs can wander into beaches from surrounding biomes. Drowned often spawn in the water surrounding beaches. Ocean ruins generated in the ocean nearby may spread onto beaches, causing some ruins to form on land.
==Variants==
There are a total of three different beach biomes in the biome family.
===Beach===
The standard beach-type biome variant, Beaches are composed of mostly sand, with some gravel, dirt, and clay patches under the water, similarly to rivers. Like the sand in deserts, sandstone generates underneath it. Beach terrain is usually a smooth descent into the water, though it can vary in steepness and width. Turtles can spawn here, as can buried treasure and shipwrecks.
The following mobs are naturally spawned here：
===Stony Shore===
The stony shore variant replaces normal beaches in areas with mountainous terrain at low erosion values. They are made entirely of stone, with long strips of gravel. They are usually a steep drop into the water below. Stony shores may generate at high enough elevations to have snow on their peaks (above Y=120±8), even when bordering warm biomes. Water and lava springs frequently generate on the sides of stony shores. , buried treasure can sometimes generate at high altitudes, and can even generate at Y=90; , it doesn't generate here.
The steep drops into the ocean below makes this variant dangerous, especially if the player is unaware of their surroundings.
The following mobs are naturally spawned here：
===Snowy Beach===
The snowy beach variant often generates around snowy plains, snowy taiga, or any of their variants. Snowy beaches are the same to regular beaches terrain-wise, being made mostly of sand, though their landscape is covered entirely in snow layers. The water surrounding snowy beaches freezes into ice due to the cold temperatures and these beaches often lead to frozen oceans.
Turtles cannot spawn here, but rabbits can. Shipwrecks and buried treasure may still generate in this variant.
Snowy beaches have the same mob spawning chances as stony shores .
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==Gallery==
CliffBiome.jpg|First image of a stone shore.
Sand Beach On Hill.png|A beach island with a small jungle on top.
LakeByOcean.png|A beach with a lake (technically, a small ocean biome) in it.
Turtles laying eggs.png|Turtles with turtle eggs on a beach.
Buffet Beach.png|The desert-like landscape of a buffet beach world.
Buffet Stone Shore.png|A buffet stony shore world. The terrain is made almost entirely of stone and its variants, with only occasional dirt patches.
Buffet Snowy Beach.png|A buffet snowy beach world, resembling a frozen desert.
StoneSandBeach.png|A sandy beach with multiple windswept gravelly hills as seen in the view.
Beta Beach.png|Beach in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3, which is much smoother than it's modern counterpart.
Beta Gravel Beach.png|Gravel Beach in Java Edition Beta 1.7.3.
1.18 experimental snapshot 2 reddit.png|Beach in Java Edition 1.18 experimental snapshot 2, which is much wider and smoother.
Sandy Beach Is Sandy.png|Beach reaching up the hillside.
Landlocked Beach.png|A beach that generated completely landlocked.
Beach in the forest.png|Beach in the middle of the forest.
Little Beaches.jpg|A shore with small beaches.
Medium Beaches.jpg|A shore with medium beaches.
Big Beaches.jpg|A shore with large beaches.
Stone Shore Ring.jpg|A ring-shaped stone shore biome.
Huge Cliff Bay.jpg|A large bay surrounded by tall stone cliffs.
Big Cove.jpg|A cove beneath a large rock outcrop.
==See also==
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== References ==
==External Links==
*Around the Block: Beach – Minecraft.net on January 29, 2022
*Around the Block: Snowy Beach – Minecraft.net on May 12, 2021
*Around the Block: Stony Shore – Minecraft.net on July 7, 2022
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