  For the first time, a general two-parameter family of entropy conservative
numerical fluxes for the shallow water equations is developed and investigated.
These are adapted to a varying bottom topography in a well-balanced way, i.e.
preserving the lake-at-rest steady state. Furthermore, these fluxes are used to
create entropy stable and well-balanced split-form semidiscretisations based on
general summation-by-parts (SBP) operators, including Gau{\ss} nodes. Moreover,
positivity preservation is ensured using the framework of Zhang and Shu
(Maximum-principle-satisfying and positivity-preserving high-order schemes for
conservation laws: survey and recent developments, 2011. In: Proceedings of the
Royal Society of London A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, The
Royal Society, vol 467, pp. 2752--2766). Therefore, the new two-parameter
family of entropy conservative fluxes is enhanced by dissipation operators and
investigated with respect to positivity preservation. Additionally, some known
entropy stable and positive numerical fluxes are compared. Furthermore, finite
volume subcells adapted to nodal SBP bases with diagonal mass matrix are used.
Finally, numerical tests of the proposed schemes are performed and some
conclusions are presented.
