Furrow irrigation is one of the oldest methods of surface irrigation in which soil surface is used to convey and infiltrate water. Gholam-gardeshy irrigation (snake-shaped furrows) is a modified form of furrow irrigation, which has being used in Iran traditionally for a long time, but to date, there is no study about the erosion and the effect of furrow inflow rate on runoff and erosion of this method of irrigation. To measure the erosion and runoff of this method of irrigation and to compare the results with furrow irrigation, two experimental fields of University and Khazaneh with different soil textures, field slopes and furrow inflow rates were used to collect data. At University field with clay loam soil texture, plots with different furrow inflow rates but with constant field slope were used to determine soil erosion for both Gholam-gardeshy and furrow irrigation methods. The experimental plots had the slope of 0.4% and the inflow discharges of 0.6, 1.06, 1.42 and 2 liters per second. At Khazaneh field with clay soil texture, plots with different furrow slopes but with constant furrow inflow rates were used to determine soil erosion for both Gholam-gardeshy and furrow irrigation methods. The experimental plots had the inflow discharge of 1.06 liters per second and the slopes of 0.4, 1, 1.3 and 2%. Three replications were used for each treatment for both irrigation methods. The furrows were irrigated for the first time with no plants. Equipments including constant head water delivery system to the furrows were installed at each field and were used to irrigate the experimental plots. Field data such as furrow inflow hydrograph, furrow outflow hydrograph, advance, furrow cross section and erosion (furrow net erosion) were collected for both methods. The results showed that for the same irrigation time, slope, soil texture and discharge the velocity of advance, tail water runoff and erosion are lower significantly at 5% level for Gholam-gardeshy irrigation as compared to the common furrow irrigation method. As the slope of the field increased the advance distance and the difference between two methods increased. In both methods the determined erosion and advance equations were able to predict the field data with coefficient of determination of more than 94 %. As the slope of field increased erosion and runoff in both irrigation methods increased and the differences were significant at 5 percent level. As the furrow inflow rate increased the erosion and runoff in both irrigation methods increased and the differences were significant at 5 percent level. The soil erosion for both irrigation methods was higher for the clay loam soil as compared to the clay soil and the differences were significant at 5 percent level. Gholam-gardeshy irrigation can be used as an alternative choice for ordinary furrow irrigation for fields with high slopes in order to improve irrigation performanc