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Do thermohaline currents flow vertically or horizontally?

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Do thermohaline currents flow vertically or horizontally?

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Thermohaline currents (circulation) are driven by density differences, which depend on changes in temperature and salinity caused by the heating and cooling of surface ocean water. These currents flow both vertically and horizontally.

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