Where and why do current move through the ocean

The wind makes the current move in the ocean and it travels pole wards from the equatorial Atlantic Ocean

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According to https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/ocean-currents/

" Major surface ocean currents in the open ocean, however, are set in motion by the wind, which drags on the surface of the water as it blows. The water starts flowing in the same direction as the wind. But currents do not simply track the wind"

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