Dorset a number of small rivers run into the sea along the Dorset coastline; most notable of these are the Char, Brit, Bride and Wey. Most of Dorset's coastline is part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site, which stretches for between Studland and Exmouth in Devon. This coast documents the entire Mesozoic era, from Triassic to Cretaceous and is noted for its geological landforms. The Dorset section has yielded important fossils, including Jurassic trees and the first complete Ichthyosaur, discovered near Lyme Regis in 1811 by Mary Anning. The county features some notable coastal landforms, including examples of a
Dorset East and Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency) and South Dorset. The constituency replaced most of Wessex and parts of Hampshire West. It was itself replaced by much of Dorset and East Devon and parts of Itchen, Test and Avon in 1994. These seats became part of the much larger South West England and South East England constituencies in 1999. ! style="background-color: " | Dorset East and Hampshire West (European Parliament constituency) Dorset East and Hampshire West was a European Parliament constituency covering most of Dorset and parts of western Hampshire in England. Prior to its uniform adoption of proportional representation in 1999, the United Kingdom used first-past-the-post