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 and make comparisons where relevant.

The graphic illustrates a

salmon

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's life cycle, starting from the egg and ending in adulthood.

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, it is an eight-step, natural, cyclical process that begins with the incubation of

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and ends with fully matured

salmon

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that lay

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.

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, mature

salmon

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lay their

eggs

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in the spawning area of a river and incubate them there. After the incubation period, the

eggs

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hatch and the offspring emerge. The juvenile

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are

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reared in freshwater and later in the estuary of the river, only moving on after growing and adapting to the next stages of their life. Once they have grown sufficiently,

salmon

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migrate from the estuary to the ocean.

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stage allows them to continue growing and reach maturity. After reaching maturity, they migrate back to the river’s spawning area—where they were originally born—to reproduce and lay

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. The cycle

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begins again.