The diagrams below show 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 provides information about

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the life

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cycle of salmon which is large species

fish

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of fish

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.

Overall

, the salmon goes through four stages in life. The whole process continues

about

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10 years. First of all, adult

salmons

lay eggs on small stones and reeds in

upper

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the upper

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river where

water

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the water

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is slow moving. After that small

salmons

that are named

fries

hatch out from eggs. In

this

stage,

fries

are 3-8 centimetres. In the following stage,

fries

go to the lower river.

In here

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, water is fast flowing. They live here

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4 years. Afterwards,

fries

become smolts with a length of 12-15 centimetres.

Following

this

, smolts move to the open sea and

then

they live here

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5 years. Ultimately, they turn to adult

salmons

with a length of 70-76 centimetres.

Then

they go to the upper river again and lay eggs. Adult

salmons

do

this

process again