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Wild male and female red salmon in river before spawning in symmetric position.
Many sockeye salmon spawning on the fast flowing Russian River.\n\nTaken in Alaska, USA
Large group of Kokanee salmons spawning in river
Sheer instinct drive the salmon to their breeding grounds. Nothing will stop the urge to move forward. This Salmon has made it this far with brute strength and determination. A moment in flight is captured as this salmon has made it over the rapid waters. Many such as this will make the quest to Valdez, Alaska, completing the circle of life. Loop
A Kokanee salmon swims upstream in Kelowna's Mission Creek spawning channel.
Kokanee Salmon on their return journey to the creek where they were born on the shores of Lake Tahoe where they will spawn and die.
The salmon run is the time when salmon, which have migrated from the ocean, swim to the upper reaches of rivers where they spawn on gravel beds. After spawning, all Pacific salmon and most Atlantic salmon die, and the salmon life cycle starts over again.
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Chinook Salmon return home in the Chinook River in Washington State.
Salmon run in Ontario
Large numbers of kokanee salmons spawning in river
Salmon make their way upstream. They are on a mission.  They are driven to reach the end of their journey. The fish want to get to the place of their birth. This is the end of their journey, the final stage in the life cycle of a salmon.  The fish have reached a roadblock and only the strongest will survive.
Coho salmon turn red and return to the exact place of their birth, in this case the White River, to spawn.
A large school of Gaspereau fish swim upstream.
Sockeye salmon in the Russian River, Alaska
Mountain stream.
sockeye salmon swimming upstream
Salmon run in Ontario
Wild coho salmon spawning in upper Lietel Creek, a tributary of Tahkenitch Lake on the Oregon coast.
Many sockeye salmon spawning on the fast flowing Alaskan Russian River.\n\nTaken in Homer, Alaska, USA
Salmon swimming upstream to lay their eggs before they die. Then they will be left as nutrients for their young, the bears and the wildlife around them, and also to benefit the environment.
Multi-Colored Salmon Issaquah Creek Washington. Every autumn salmon come up creek to Hatchery creating a kaleidoscope of color. Salmon come from as far as 3,000 miles.
August 27, 2021, Valdez, Alaska. Salmon, in the thousands, have made their way to their spawning grounds. These fish fought to the very last breath of their life to do what they were intended to do.  It is quite a sight to see thousand of fish fighting, even to their demise, I to get to the place of their birth.
Sockeye salmon with distinctive red coloring on the annual spawning run to breed upriver as seen near Lake Tahoe, California.
Krka waterfalls Croatia during summer, Krka national park Croatia.
A life story of the spawning salmon as they swim back up the creeks where they came front to ensure the survival of their specie.
The Spring of Bela Palanka. The limestone composition of the mountain massifs of Suva Planina has formed underground water reservoirs and streams, from which the well-known springs in the municipality of Bela Palanka.
Large group of spawning Kokanee salmon.
Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is the smallest and most abundant of the Pacific salmon. Pink salmon run.  Prince William Sound; Alaska; Chugach National Forest;  Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area; .Pacific Ocean; Gulf of Alaska.
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