How would a continental drift affect a continent's climate?

Continental drift also produces some vertical displacement which isn't shown in that map. On the West coast of the United States, many of the mountain ranges were raised into place by continental movements. Their effect on climate is profound. read more

A continent that drift to the equator will get another climate than a continent that drift to one of the poles. What is now western Europe was 300,000,000 ago a equatorial swamp. At a depth of about 1200 m we find the rests of the swamp in the form of coal. read more

This continental drift leads to climate change, as it brings about a change in the following. Physical feature of the lithosphere; Position of the land masses; Mountains and water bodies; The impacts of the drift are felt in the atmosphere and oceans, thereby affecting the climate. read more

Continental drift via the movement of tectonic plates can affect earth’s climate by changing the sizes and locations of both land masses and ice caps, and by altering ocean circulation patterns, which are responsible for transporting heat around the earth, which in turn affect atmospheric circulation processes. read more