Push moraine

Push moraines are limited in size by the advance of a glacier front and its tendency to shear over the top of any ridge large enough to resist the movement of ice.

Pushed moraines generally occur in low, flat plains at higher latitudes and were formed during the glacial stages of the Quaternary ice age.

Pushed moraines can be found in the North American plains, in Siberia and in Northern Europe.

They were formed during cool, glacial stages, when glaciers advanced and covered large parts of North America and Eurasia.

The largest push moraine in the world is the Dirt Hills in southern Saskatchewan, Canada.

The Lüneburg Heath seen from the Wilseder Berg in northern Germany . The Lüneburg Heath consists of pushed moraines made from Neogene sand deposits. These form nutrient-poor soils and are generally shrublands covered in heaths .