The diagram below shows the life cycle of a species of large fish called the salmon. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram below shows the life cycle of a species of large fish called the salmon. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
Writing task 1 The diagram below describes the process of the freshwater
species'
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species
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, as salmonid fish, life cycle. There are 3 main steps, starting
from
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with
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an
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the
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appearance of salmon eggs and ending with adult fish.
Initially
, the first picture on the diagram shows a habitat place of nests for
salmons
' eggs. It
is usually reeds
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with a lot of stones at the roots. These plants mostly
locate
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in the upper
river
, where the
river
flow is slow. It takes approximately 5-6 months for eggs to develop, after which little
salmons
, called 'fry',
born
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,
their
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and their
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length is about 3-8 cm.
Next
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they swim to the lower
river
and fast flowing brings them to the open sea, for 4 years, during
this
time group of 'fry' turns into 'smolt', who grows in size to 12-15 cm. When 'smolts' enter the open sea, they live there for 5 years and become larger, transforming into adult
salmons
, reaching 70-76 cm long. After a complete development
salmons
come back to the upper
river
, where they are able to continue progeny, and
life
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the life
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cycle repeats again.

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