The diagram below shows the life cycle of a salmon, from egg to adult fish. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features. Make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram depicts the life cycle of a

salmon

dividing it into different stages, from its egg

stage

to adulthood.

Overall

,

salmon

fishes

go through six main phases to fully grow from their hatching period and they spend their lives in three distinct locations:

river

, estuary and ocean. Adult

salmon

fishes

spawn and incubate eggs in the rivers.

Thus

, the life cycle of a

salmon

springs from the incubation

stage

in a

river

. After emerging from eggs, the infant

salmon

spend their next

stage

in freshwater and

this

phase is called emergence.

Then

, they stay in freshwater to grow

further

.

Thereupon

, these

fishes

swim to

river

estuaries where their rearing continues. At

this

stage

, their size becomes a bit larger. Afterwards, the maturing

fishes

migrate to the ocean and become adults.

Finally

, grown-up salmons move to the

river

for spawning and lay eggs.

Therefore

, the life cycle of the next generation starts over.