Need congeography help

[KasperKalamity]

just keep a noticeable gradient

[Ahzoh]

I got a question:

A thing that I can't understand is how you mention past glaciation but at the same time the country is meant to be located in a hot climate between a tropic and the equator. On Earth there haven't been global ice ages for more than 500 million years. This is long enough time for whole mountain ranges to erode well away and plate tectonics to transport your landmass from the equator to the pole and back once or even twice. Even if the last glaciation was when the land was located closer to polar regions, it has to have happened so far back in time that there are no significant geographic features left in the present.

[KasperKalamity]

ice ages, and it's your world, it can be whatever you want

[Ahzoh]

I know it is my world, but it needs to be plausible and realistic...
I'll think of something... and I may have to resort to the Conworld Cookbook...

[MetalRenard]

Ice ages are very realistic. We've had several and they have indeed shaped the world as we know it. For example, there was an ice-bridge between England and France for many years. This means we shared a lot of things that normally would not be possible. It's also why the UK is an island.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scienc...31107.html

[Ahzoh]

Ice ages are very realistic. We've had several and they have indeed shaped the world as we know it. For example, there was an ice-bridge between England and France for many years. This means we shared a lot of things that normally would not be possible. It's also why the UK is an island.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scienc...31107.html

The question was how I can have a hot climate at or near the EQUATOR and mention glaciation, which is a polar phenomenon and that the time after a Global Ice Age is more than enough for the mountain to erode away or the continent to go from polar to equator and back again...

[MetalRenard]

Continental drift. Maybe that region used to be further north and over a few million years has moved.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_drift

[Ahzoh]

Lemme quote what they said again:

A thing that I can't understand is how you mention past glaciation but at the same time the country is meant to be located in a hot climate between a tropic and the equator. On Earth there haven't been global ice ages for more than 500 million years. This is long enough time for whole mountain ranges to erode well away and plate tectonics to transport your landmass from the equator to the pole and back once or even twice. Even if the last glaciation was when the land was located closer to polar regions, it has to have happened so far back in time that there are no significant geographic features left in the present.

[MetalRenard]

You keep referring to Earth's history. Why? This is your own story and your own world. Maybe they had one only a few tens of thousands of years ago and a bunch of vicious vulcanic eruptions warmed the atmosphere suddenly. Maybe the planet's path shifted bringing it a tiny bit closer to its star so now it's suddenly warmer. Maybe the ice just melted and that's all?

So many options, be creative! :D Plus the first two would be great mythical origins for a place.

Fact: There have been global ice ages.
Fact: This can cause the type of erosion you want in any location around the planet.

So what's wrong?

[Ahzoh]

Because my world is very similar to the Earth; same axial titlt, same wind direction, same geological phenomena. It is to be said that if something is to be plausible to an earth-like planet with exact Earth conditions, it has to be plausible on conditions of Earth...

I don't know, I will ask them...

Because if there's ice at the equator, i.e. over the entire planet, how did sentient life evolve?