<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> (edit on Wikidata) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England . It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about 96 mi (154 km), and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001 . </P> <P> The site spans 185 million years of geological history, coastal erosion having exposed an almost continuous sequence of rock formation covering the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods . At different times, this area has been desert, shallow tropical sea and marsh, and the fossilised remains of the various creatures that lived here have been preserved in the rocks . </P> <P> Natural features seen on this stretch of coast include arches, pinnacles and stack rocks . In some places the sea has broken through resistant rocks to produce coves with restricted entrances, and in one place, the Isle of Portland is connected to the land by a narrow spit . In some parts of the coast, landslides are common . These have exposed a wide range of fossils, the different rock types each having its own typical fauna and flora, thus providing evidence of how animals and plants evolved in this region . </P>

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