translate English to French: He believed that drift of continents could cause horizontal (lateral) pressure which has superseded upwards breeds and has transformed them into long mountain ridges.
Il croyait que la dГ©rive des continents pouvait provoquer la pression horizontale (latГ©rale), qui a Г©vincГ© en haut les races et les a transformГ© en longues chaГ®nes de montagnes.