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+easyblock = 'PythonBundle'
+
+name = 'rioxarray'
+version = '0.21.0'
+
+homepage = 'https://corteva.github.io/rioxarray'
+description = "Geospatial xarray extension powered by rasterio"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'foss', 'version': '2025a'}
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('Python', '3.13.1'),
+    ('SciPy-bundle', '2025.06'),
+    ('rasterio', '1.5.0'),
+    ('pyproj', '3.7.1'),
+    ('xarray', '2025.7.0'),
+]
+
+exts_list = [
+    (name, version, {
+        'use_pip_extras': 'interp',
+        'checksums': ['a292d96f4d6412c05ff09629b72523ae2e9c42598183f5e9c555fc368f867c0f'],
+    }),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'geo'