The diagram below shows the life cycle of a salmon, from egg to adult fish.

The diagram illustrates the stages in the life of the salmon, from birth to maturity.

Overall

,

it is clear that

there are eight stages, from being an egg in the river to becoming an adult in the ocean.

Also

, in the middle of the way, they will migrate through estuary

areas

. First of all, the salmon fish are born in eggs, incubated in the river, and

then

turn to emergence level. After that, they start to rear the fresh water, just before the estuary rearing stage in estuary

areas

. In the next stage, they will migrate to rearing

areas

in the ocean, in order to become completely grown up and matured. After maturing and growing up, the salmon fish

then

migrate to the spawning

areas

in the ocean.

Following

this

, they would go back to their homeland, where they were born, in the river so that they could spawn there freely.