Aliso (Spanish for "alder" or "sycamore") may refer to:

Places

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Aliso (Roman camp) Aliso was a military and civilian colony in ancient Germany, built by the emperor Augustus near present-day Haltern am See, when he wanted to create the Roman province of Germania. After the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, Aliso was t ...

, military and civilian colony in ancient Germany, built by the emperor Augustus

Sonora, Mexico

* Sierra El Aliso, a mountain range

California, United States

In California, ''aliso'' refers to ''

Platanus racemosa ''Platanus racemosa'' is a species of plane tree known by several common names, including California sycamore, western sycamore, California plane tree, and in North American Spanish aliso. ''Platanus racemosa'' is native to California and Baja C ...

'', the Western sycamore.

Los Angeles County

Aliso Creek (Los Angeles County) Aliso Creek (also Aliso Canyon Wash or Aliso Wash) is a major tributary of the Upper Los Angeles River in the Santa Susana Mountains in Los Angeles County and western San Fernando Valley in the City of Los Angeles, California. It has a watershe ...

, a major tributary of the Upper Los Angeles River *

Aliso Canyon Oil Field The Aliso Canyon Oil Field (also Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Field, Aliso Canyon Underground Storage Facility) is an oil field and natural gas storage facility in the Santa Susana Mountains in Los Angeles County, California, north of the Port ...

, an oil field and natural gas storage facility in the Santa Susana Mountains * Aliso Village, a former housing project in Los Angeles *

Pico/Aliso station Pico/Aliso station is an at-grade light rail station on the L Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of East 1st Street between South Anderson Street and South Utah Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of ...

, a light rail station on the L Line and E Line of the Los Angeles Metro system

Orange County

Aliso Creek (Orange County) Aliso Creek is a -long, mostly urban stream in south Orange County, California. Originating in the Cleveland National Forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, it flows generally southwest and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Laguna Beach. The creek' ...

, an urban stream **

Aliso Canyon Aliso Canyon is a canyon located in Orange County, California in the United States. The canyon is a water gap across the San Joaquin Hills carved out by Aliso Creek, possibly as recently as the last ice age. Located in a semi-arid climate, it ...

, a canyon carved by the creek ***

Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park is a major regional park in the San Joaquin Hills of Orange County, California in the United States. Comprising of rugged coastal canyons, open grassland, and riparian woodland, the park borders the suburban ...

, a major regional park in the San Joaquin Hills * Aliso Elementary School, a public elementary school *

Aliso Niguel High School Aliso Niguel High School (ANHS), which is part of the Capistrano Unified School District, is located in the city of Aliso Viejo, California. Most of its students reside in the communities of Aliso Viejo and Laguna Niguel. The school is a Californ ...

, a public high school *

Aliso Viejo, California Aliso Viejo (Spanish for "Old Sycamore") is a city in the San Joaquin Hills of southern Orange County, California. It had a population of 47,823 as of the 2010 census, up from 40,166 as of the 2000 census. It became Orange County's 34th city on ...

, a city *

Rancho Cañada de los Alisos Rancho Cañada de los Alisos was a Mexican land grant in present-day Orange County, California given by Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado to Jose Antonio Fernando Serrano in 1842, and enlarged by a second grant by Pio Pico in 1846. The name means ...

, a Mexican land grant in present-day Orange County

Argentina

* Campo de los Alisos National Park

Ecuador

* Aliso (volcano), aka ''Pan de Azúcar''

France

Aliso (river) The Aliso River (french: Rivière l'Aliso) is a small coastal river in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. Course The Aliso is long. Its source is at an elevation of . It rises to the south of the Cima di Grimaseta and flows northe ...

, a small coastal river in Corsica

Other uses

* '' Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany'', a scientific journal on botany

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