Add to ORKGManagers of the French goverment are now exposed to more th an a century of profound environmental streams changes disruption of flow conditions by channelization and incision of the river bed, increased hydrological risks through the development of vegetation in river corridors and reducing wetlands. The Loire River is one of the rivers affected by such disruption. The river bed reacts by erosion (an incision that is locally a value of 2 m between 1995 and 2010), the lateral migration of the thalweg and narrowing the width of the river corridor. Since 1995, the Loire riverbed has been a field of restoration and maintenance works. These interventions took place within the "Plan Loire Grandeur Nature" and consisted of the following points :...