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Aliso Beach Park

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Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Aliso Beach Park
Phone:
(949)923-2280

Address:
31131 S. Pacific Coast Hwy, Laguna Beach, CA 92652

Aliso Creek is a 19-mile -long urban stream that runs through Orange County in the U.S. state of California from the Santa Ana Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. The creek's watershed covers 30.4 square miles , and it is joined by seven main tributaries. The creek is mostly channelized, and as of 2004, the watershed had a population of 149,000 divided among seven incorporated cities.Aliso Creek flows over soft marine sedimentary rock of late Eocene to Pliocene age. What would become the Aliso Creek watershed originally lay at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, before being uplifted as recently as 10 million years ago. About 1.2 million years ago, the San Joaquin Hills began to form in the path of Aliso Creek. Occasionally swollen by wetter climates during glacial periods, the creek carved the deep water gap known as Aliso Canyon, today the main feature of Aliso and Wood Canyons Regional Park. Historically, Aliso Creek served as the boundary between the Juaneño and Gabrieleño Indians. The creek was likely named by Spanish explorers in the 18th century. In 1842 the creek was part of the Rancho Niguel Mexican land grant to Juan Avila. Rancho Niguel was later purchased by the Moulton and Daguerre families, who began to subdivide the area for housing in the mid-20th century. Today, residential and commercial development covers more than 70 percent of the Aliso Creek watershed. Pollution from urban runoff has blighted the water quality and wildlife of the creek since suburbanization began in the 1960s. Despite these environmental issues, the Aliso Creek watershed still supports much native flora and fauna and is home to many parks and wildlife preserves.
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