The Waterfall to Mountain torrent zone flows between 915 and 610 meters above sea level over a series of small falls and rapids.
The Savhani River starts in Gwangwatini, passing Ngalavhani, Tshitanzhe, Musunda, Gumela, Helula 2, and Tshikotoni (formerly known as Manzhenge).
[4] Originally the water of the Luphephe tributary joined the Nwanedi at the point below the present dam walls but with the construction of dams on both rivers, the position changed slightly as there is now a 2,5 meter deep canal joining the two water bodies approximately 100 meters from the respective walls.
About 500 meters downstream the canal of the Nwanedi/Luphephe Dams there is a small low lying road concrete bridge that crosses the river,[6] from and to Gumela Entrance Gate.
The Limpopo plain is where the basin opened out outside the Nwanedi nature reserve and just downstream of the last narrow valley between hills, typically with steep rocky walls and a stream running through it.
[8] The river proceeds to the Cross Dam (Muswodi Tshisimani community refers to Cross-dam as Gondoza) which forms part of the lower reaches.
[9] The Cross dam was constructed to supply water for the irrigation of agricultural crops, game ranching, livestock farming and for neighbouring rural settlements.
On the mature part of Luphephe river a sloping channel was cut into the soil surface into which streams of water was supplied to livestock dip.
Communities of Tshitanzhe, Musunda, Gumela, Helula 2, Tshikotoni and Tshitandani used to dip their livestock there every fortnight starting at seven o'clock until few years after the dawn of democracy in 1994.
Crops such as sugar canes, maize, sweet potatoes, beans, mangos and bananas were farmed there for many generations.
Women and young ladies in Tshikotoni, Helula 2 and Gumela used Luphephe river to fetch water for domestic consumption.
When the basin opened out outside the Nwanedi nature reserve and just downstream of the last narrow valley between hills, the river supply water for crop farming and nursery in Folovhodwe village.
The Folovhodwe nursery was established in 1986 to breed specimens of mangoes and citrus for the development of the then Venda, north of the Soutpansberg, and export of disease-free plants to neighbouring countries.
The area form part of Nwanedi Irrigation Scheme located north of the Soutpansberg mountains, about 40 Kilometers north-east of Tshipise in the Vhembe District of Limpopo Province, South Africa.
The Nwanedi community-based tourism-agrarian schemes and other rain based cultivation lands are formal integrated rural businesses.
However, the road systems next to Folovhodwe and Gumela villages need regular maintenance to enhance tourism prosperity within the local enterprises and at the Nwanedi nature reserve, and resort.