During the twentieth century, the Dordogne River (southwest of France) has recorded in its middle reach, several morphological changes, due to different human pressures (dams gravel minings and bank protections). To evaluate and quantify the unit and cumulative effects of these pressures, historical data (old maps, aerial photographs, longitudinal bed profiles, cross-sections, LiDAR survey, flow series) and in situ measurements (grain size analysis, fine sedimentation and bedload transport monitoring) were collected and analysed. Historical data show a decrease of potentially critical discharge frequency, a general trend towards riverbed incision and active channel narrowing. Field data (bedload transport, sediment input and storage) provid...