4800 Kingman Boulevard. Cummins Woods is a bird sanctuary off of Polk Boulevard, located right by the McCollum Waveland Tennis Courts. View what activities may be going on in this park or other parks. Locate Cummins Woods using our Park Finder. View a complete list of Des Moines Parks.
Definition of inversion for English Language Learners. : a change in the position, order, or relationship of things so that they are the opposite of what they had been.
temperature inversion. temperature inversion, condition in which the temperature of the atmosphere increases with altitude in contrast to the normal decrease with altitude. When temperature inversion occurs, cold air underlies warmer air at higher altitudes. Temperature inversion may occur during the passage of a cold front or result from the invasion of sea air by a cooler onshore breeze.